Arjuna asks
BHAGAVAD GĪTĀ · 18.1“I desire to know the truth about renunciation and abnegation separately.”
Praśna No. 12
Kṛṣṇa answers
BHAGAVAD GĪTĀ · 18.2Sannyāsa gives up work done from desire. Tyāga gives up the fruits.
Giving up is one thing. Letting go is another.
In the last chapter, Arjuna asks Kṛṣṇa to separate two words that sound alike. Sannyāsa is giving up actions done from desire. Tyāga is letting go of the results of every action. The Gītā ends by teaching the second.
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The verses
Arjuna asks
BHAGAVAD GĪTĀ · 18.1अर्जुन उवाच
संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम्।
त्यागस्य च हृषीकेश पृथक्केशिनिषूदन।।
arjuna uvāca sannyāsasya mahā-bāho tattvam icchāmi veditum tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthak keśi-niṣūdana
Arjuna said, "I desire to know the truth about renunciation and abnegation separately, O Krishna."
Kṛṣṇa answers
BHAGAVAD GĪTĀ · 18.2श्री भगवानुवाच
काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः।
सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।
śrī-bhagavān uvāca kāmyānāṁ karmaṇāṁ nyāsaṁ sannyāsaṁ kavayo viduḥ sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṁ prāhus tyāgaṁ vicakṣaṇāḥ
The Lord said, "The sages hold that Sannyasa is the giving up of all works motivated by desire, and the wise declare Tyaga to be the abandonment of the fruits of all works.
The count
18.1 is verse 623 of 700, and verse 1 of 78 in chapter 18.
Arjuna asks at 18.1 and Kṛṣṇa answers in the very next verse, 18.2.
Tyāga (letting go; parityāga and atyāgin not counted), in any form, appears in 10 verses of the 700, first at 12.11 and last at 18.11.
Counted by Vāṇi on the 700-verse text at getvani.app/gita.
Going deeper
The last chapter opens with a question about two words that sound alike. In 18.1 Arjuna asks Kṛṣṇa to explain renunciation and relinquishment separately. The chapter before it closes with 17.28, which says that any offering, gift or austerity done without faith is of no value here or hereafter. Kṛṣṇa's reply in 18.2 separates the terms: sannyāsa, the sages hold, is giving up works that are motivated by desire, while tyāga, the wise declare, is abandoning the fruits of all works. 18.3 then reports a disagreement: some sages say all action should be dropped as a fault, while others say that sacrifice, gifts and austerity should not be dropped. The question matters because the two words point at different things. One drops the action, the other drops the claim on its result. The teaching that follows is in chapter 18, and what the Gītā says about karma goes further.