Tyāga
त्यागपुंल्लिङ्ग (masculino) · त्यज् धातु (tyaj — abandonar) + घञ् प्रत्यय
tyāga
Ethics and Values
AI translationRenunciation; abandonment
Tyāga is genuine abandoning. In Gītā 18, Kṛṣṇa distinguishes sannyāsa (physical renunciation of actions) from tyāga (interior renunciation of the fruit). True tyāga is not leaving the world, but leaving dependence on the fruit — action continues, slavery does not. This is the spirit of karma-yoga: acting fully without wanting anything from the result. Mature tyāga is natural, not forced.
Occurrence in the corpus
त्याग एव हि सर्वेषां मोक्षसाधनमुत्तमम् ।। त्यजतैव हि तज्ज्ञेयं त्यक्तुः प्रत्यक्परं पदम् ।। २१५ ।।
tyāga eva hi sarveṣāṃ mokṣasādhanamuttamam || tyajataiva hi tajjñeyaṃ tyaktuḥ pratyakparaṃ padam || 215 ||
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Vishva Vidya (2026). Tyāga (त्याग). Vishva Vidya — Vedanta. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/tyaga
Vishva Vidya. "Tyāga (त्याग)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026, https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/tyaga.
Vishva Vidya. "Tyāga (त्याग)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/tyaga.
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