Chapter 18

मोक्षसंन्यासयोग:

Sanyasa and Tyaga Explained - Tamasika and Rajasika Tyagas are Purposeless - Tyaga of Sattvika Nature is Indispensable - The Components of Karma - Atman is Inaction - The Three Gunas give Impetus to Karma - The Fourfold Caste Explained - Karma Yoga is Karma Sanyasa - Egoism is Harmful - All Karma belongs to Iswara - Freedom of Enquiry into Truth - The Category of Self-surrender - Competency for Following the Gita - The Dawn of Knowledge - Sanjaya’s Conclusive Statement.

अर्जुन उवाच |

संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम् |
त्यागस्य च हृषीकेश पृथक्केशिनिषूदन ||१८-१||