Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
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BG 18.7
नियतस्य तु सन्न्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते । मोहात् तस्य परित्यागस् तामसः परिकीर्तितः ॥
niyatasya tu sannyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate | mohāt tasya parityāgas tāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ||
"Renouncing ordained/niyata karma is not appropriate; its abandonment through delusion is declared tāmasic."
4 translations · all pre-1928 or released to public domain · sources
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The renunciation of prescribed action is not proper. Its abandonment through delusion is described as of the quality of darkness.
The renunciation of an act prescribed in the scriptures is not proper. Its abandonment from delusion is therefore declared to be of the quality of darkness.