नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते । मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः ॥ १८-७॥ niyatasya tu saṃnyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate mohāttasya parityāgastāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ Verily, the renunciation of obligatory actions is not proper; the abandonment of the same from delusion is declared to be TAMASIC (dull) . niyatasya = prescribed; tu = but; saṃnyāsaḥ = renunciation; karmaṇaḥ = of activities; na = never; upapadyate = is deserved; mohāt = by illusion; tasya = of them; parityāgaḥ = renunciation; tāmasaḥ = in the mode of ignorance; parikīrtitaḥ = is declared.;