‘Sannyāsa’ and ‘Tyaga’ distinguished.
अर्जुन उवाच—
संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम् ।
त्यागस्य च हृषीकेश पृथक्केशिनिषूदन ॥ १ ॥
arjuna uvāca—
saṃnyāsasya mahābāho tattvamicchāmi veditum .
tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthakkeśiniṣūdana .. 1 ..
Arjuna said:
‘Of samnyasa’ O Mighty-armed, I desire to know the truth, O Hṛṣīkeśa, as also of ‘tyaga’, severally, O Slayer of Keśin.
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Sannyāsa: the connotation of the term ‘samnyasa.’ Tyaga: the connotation of the term ‘tyaga’. Severally: as distinguished from each other. Keśin was an Asura whom the Lord, the son of Vasudeva, slew, and the Lord is therefore addressed as ‘Kesi-nishudana,’ the Slayer of Keśin.
The words ‘samnyasa’ and ‘tyaga’ have been used here and there in the preceding discourses, their connotations, however, not being clearly distinguished. Wherefore, with a view to determining them, the Lord addresses Arjuna, who desired to know of them, as follows :