Chapter 18 · Liberation through Renunciation

Moksha Sanyasa Yoga

The final chapter. Renunciation, action, knowledge, devotion, woven together into a single teaching. Arjuna at last says: I will do as you say.

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Krishna and Arjuna — the final teaching and complete surrender
First verse · 18.1
अर्जुन उवाचसंन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम् । त्यागस्य च हृषीकेश पृथक्केशिनिषूदन ॥
Clear seeing begins with asking what must be separated.

Real clarity begins by asking the right distinction.

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