Bhagavad Gītā Chapter 18, Verse 5: Krishna to Arjuna — Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

Bhagavad Gītā 18.5Chapter 18 · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga · Krishna → Arjuna · anuṣṭubh
यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यं कार्यमेव तत् ।
यज्ञो दानं तपश्चैव पावनानि मनीषिणाम् ॥
yajña← yajña(44 verses)compound (compound member)sacrifice, worship, ritual offeringattested in commentariesadvaitaइति। न केवलमत्याज्यं किंतु कर्तव्यमेवेत्याह -- कार्यमिति। प्रतिज्ञातमेवं विभज्य हेतुं विभजते -- कस्मादिति।advaita-bhaktiइत्यादिनाdāna← dāna(17 verses)compound (compound member)giving, charity, gifttapaḥ← tapas(25 verses)compound (compound member)austerity, ascetic heat, spiritual disciplinekarma← karman(144 verses)nominative neuter singular nounaction, deed, the law of actionattested in commentariesadvaitaन त्याज्यं न त्यक्तव्यम्, कार्यं करणीयम्viśiṣṭādvaitaमुमुक्षुणा न कदाचिद्śuddhādvaitaन त्याज्यं मुमुक्षुणाऽपि, अपित्वाप्रायणादन्वहं कार्यमेव वेदोक्तत्वादपि कर्त्तव्यं एकांशेऽपि वेदस्यापरित्यागनियमात्advaita-bhaktiतन्न त्याज्यं किंतु कार्यमेव तत् na tyājyaṃ← tyaj(17 verses)nominative neuter singular gdv nounto abandon, give up, renounce (verbal root) kāryam← kṛ(42 verses)nominative neuter singular gdv nounto do, make (verbal root)attested in commentariesviśiṣṭādvaitaएव कुतः यज्ञदानतपःप्रभृतीनि वर्णाश्रमसम्बन्धीनि कर्माणि मनीषिणां मननशीलानां पावनानिeva← eva(174 verses)indeed, truly, only (emphatic particle) tat← tad(305 verses)nominative neuter singular nounthat (distal demonstrative); also 3rd-person pronoun
yajñ← yajña(44 verses)nominative masculine singular nounsacrifice, worship, ritual offeringo dānaṃ← dāna(17 verses)nominative neuter singular noungiving, charity, gift tapa← tapas(25 verses)nominative neuter singular nounausterity, ascetic heat, spiritual disciplineśca← ca(391 verses)and; (homonym: also the consonant ca)iva pāvanāni← pāvananominative neuter plural nounpurifying, sacred (from √pū)attested in commentariesadvaitaविशुद्धिकराणि मनीषिणां फलानभिसंधीनाम् इत्येतत्viśiṣṭādvaita। मननम् उपासनम्। मुमुक्षूणां यावज्जीवम् उपासनं कुर्वताम् उपासननिष्पत्तिविरोधिप्राचीनकर्मविनाशनानि इत्यर्थः।bhaktiचित्तशुद्धिकराणिadvaita-bhaktiज्ञानप्रतिबन्धकपापमलक्षालनेन ज्ञानोत्पत्तियोग्यतारूपपुण्यगुणाधानेन manīṣiṇām← manīṣin(3 verses)genitive masculine plural nounwise, thoughtful (from manīṣā 'reflection')attested in commentariesviśiṣṭādvaitaइति समभिव्याहारसिद्धमुपकारप्रकारं व्यनक्ति -- मुमुक्षूणामित्यादिना
spokensingle-voice recital; rendered via IndicF5 conditioned on a Sanskrit reference clip
meaning

Sacrifice, generosity, and austerity must never be abandoned — they purify even the wise.