18.3 tyājyaṁ doṣa-vad ity eke (Original)

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Chapter 18

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tyājyaṁ doṣa-vad ity eke
karma prāhur manīṣiṇaḥ
yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma
na tyājyam iti cāpare

‘Some philosophers declare that work should be abandoned as evil; and others that works, —Yajña, Dāna and Tapas— should not be abandoned.’

Some philosophers like Kapila[1. The Father of Sānkhya Philosophy.], and others also, who are Vaidikas, but who still follow Kapila, assert that as all works such as Yajña, etc., are prolific of evil, such as desire etc., since they conduce to bondage, they are fit to be abandoned by the Moksha-aspirant.

Other learned men say they are not to be given up.

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