SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 18 Text 1
arjuna uvaca
sannyasasya maha-baho
tattvam icchami veditum
tyagasya ca hrsikesa
prthak kesi-nisudana

arjunah uvaca--Arjuna said; sannyasasya--of renunciation; maha-baho--O mighty-armed one; tattvam--the truth; icchami--I wish; veditum--to understand; tyagasya--of renunciation; ca--also; hrsikesa--O master of the senses; prthak--differently; kesi- nisudana--O killer of the Kesi demon.

TRANSLATION

Arjuna said: O mighty-armed one, I wish to understand the purpose of renunciation [tyaga] and of the renounced order of life [sannyasa], O killer of the Kesi demon, master of the senses.

JOURNAL:

Srila Prabhupada writes in his purport; As in the Second Chapter a synopsis of the whole subject matter was described, in the Eighteenth Chapter also the summary of all instruction is given. The purpose of life is indicated to be renunciation and attainment of the transcendental position above the three material modes of nature. Arjuna wants to clarify the two distinct subject matters of Bhagavad-gita, namely renunciation (tyaga) and the renounced order of life (sannyasa). Thus he is asking the meaning of these two words.

This chapter has seventy-eight slokas making it the longest in the Gita.