अर्जुन उवाच ।संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम् ।त्यागस्य च हृषीकेश पृथक्केशिनिषूदन ॥
arjuna uvāca |saṃnyāsasya mahābāho tattvam icchāmi veditum |tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthak keśiniṣūdana ||
- अर्जुन · arjuna
- Arjuna
- उवाच · uvāca
- said
- संन्यासस्य · saṃnyāsasya
- of renunciation (sannyasa)
- महाबाहो · mahābāho
- O mighty-armed one
- तत्त्वम् · tattvam
- the truth, the real nature
- इच्छामि · icchāmi
- I wish
- वेदितुम् · veditum
- to know
- त्यागस्य · tyāgasya
- of relinquishment (tyaga)
- हृषीकेश · hṛṣīkeśa
- O Hrishikesha (Krishna)
- पृथक् · pṛthak
- separately, distinctly
- केशिनिषूदन · keśiniṣūdana
- O slayer of Keshi
“Arjuna said: O mighty-armed one, O Hrishikesha, O slayer of Keshi — I wish to know the true nature of renunciation and of relinquishment, each distinctly.”
— Original plain-language translation
Arjuna's final question opens the closing chapter: he wants the difference between saṃnyāsa and tyāga spelled out. The two words are often used interchangeably, and the whole chapter is Krishna's careful answer. Note the paired address — strength (mighty arms) and mastery of the senses (Hrishikesha) — as if Arjuna already hints that true renunciation needs both.
— Reader's notes (original)