# Bhagavad Gita 18.4

**Canonical reference:** `gita.18.4`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

निश्चयं शृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम।
त्यागो हि पुरुषव्याघ्र त्रिविधः सम्प्रकीर्तितः ॥

## IAST

niścayaṃ śṛṇu me tatra tyāge bharatasattama
tyāgo hi puruṣavyāghra trividhaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

and penance should not be abandoned. As to that abandonment O best of the descendants of Bharata! listen to my decision for abandonment, O bravest of men! is described (to be) threefold.

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