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Chapter 18 - Mokṣha Sanyās Yog

The eighteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is Moksha Sanyas Yoga.

Arjuna requests the Lord to explain the difference between the two types of renunciations - sanyaas(renunciation of actions) and tyaag(renunciation of desires).

Krishna explains that a sanyaasi is one who abandons family and society in order to practise spiritual discipline whereas a tyaagi is one who performs their duties without attachment to the rewards of their actions and dedicating them to the God.

Krishna recommends the second kind of renunciation - tyaag.

Krishna then gives a detailed analysis of the effects of the three modes of material nature.

He declares that the highest path of spirituality is pure, unconditional loving service unto the Supreme Divine Personality, Krishna.

If we always remember Him, keep chanting His name and dedicate all our actions unto Him, take refuge in Him and make Him our Supreme goal, then by His grace, we will surely overcome all obstacles and difficulties and be freed from this cycle of birth and death.

BG: 18.76

Shloka राजन्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम् | केशवार्जुनयोः पुण्यं हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुहुः ||१८-७६|| Transliteration rājansaṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya saṃvādamimamadbhutam . keśavārjunayoḥ puṇyaṃ hṛṣyāmi ca muhurmuhuḥ ||18-76|| Translations Dr.S.Sankaranarayan 18.76. O king ! By recollecting and recollecting this wonderful pious dialogue of Kesava and Arjuna, I feel also delighted again and again. Shri Purohit Swami 18.76 O King! The more I think of that marvellous and holy discourse, the more I lose myself in joy....

BG: 18.77

Shloka तच्च संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य रूपमत्यद्भुतं हरेः | विस्मयो मे महान् राजन्हृष्यामि च पुनः पुनः ||१८-७७|| Transliteration tacca saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya rūpamatyadbhutaṃ hareḥ . vismayo me mahān rājanhṛṣyāmi ca punaḥ punaḥ ||18-77|| Translations Dr.S.Sankaranarayan 18.77. O great king ! On recalling in the mind that extremely wonderful supreme form of Hari, I am amazed and I feel joyous again and again. Shri Purohit Swami 18.77 As memory recalls again and again the exceeding beauty of the Lord, I am filled with amazement and happiness....

BG: 18.78

Shloka यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः | तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम ||१८-७८|| Transliteration yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ . tatra śrīrvijayo bhūtirdhruvā nītirmatirmama ||18-78|| Translations Dr.S.Sankaranarayan 18.78. Where Krsna, the Lord of Yogins remains, where the son of Prtha holds his bow, there lie fortune, victory, prosperity and firm justice-so I believe. Shri Purohit Swami 18.78 Wherever is the Lord Shri Krishna, the Prince of Wisdom, and wherever is Arjuna, the Great Archer, I am more than convinced that good fortune, victory, happiness and righteousness will follow"...