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TEXT 2 sri-bhagavan uvaca
SYNONYMS  sri-bhagavan
uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; kamyanam--with
desire; karmanam--activities; nyasam--renunciation; sannyasam--renounced
order of life; kavayah--the learned; viduh--know; sarva--of
all; karma--activities; phala--of results; tyagam--renunciation;
prahuh--call; tyagam--renunciation; vicaksanah--the
experienced.
TRANSLATION The Supreme
Lord said, To give up the results of all activities is called renunciation
[tyaga] by the wise. And that state is called the renounced order of life
[sannyasa] by great learned men.
PURPORT The performance
of activities for results has to be given up. This is the instruction of
Bhagavad-gita. But activities leading to advanced spiritual knowledge
are not to be given up. This will be made clear in the next verse. There
are many prescriptions of methods for performing sacrifice for some particular
purpose in the Vedic literatures. There are certain sacrifices to perform
to attain a good son or to attain elevation to the higher planets, but
sacrifices prompted by desires should be stopped. However, sacrifice for
the purification of one's heart or for advancement in the spiritual science
should not be given up.
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