Bhagavad Gita · Moksha Sannyasa YogaChapter 18, Shloka 66 (18.66)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
सर्वधर्मान् परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज
अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः
॥ 18.66 ॥
sarvadharmān parityajya māmekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja
ahaṃ tvā sarvapāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ
Translation
"Giving up all dharmas, come to Me alone for refuge. I will free you from all sins — do not grieve."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. dharmaśabdena atra adharmo 'pi gṛhyate? naiṣkarmyasya vivakṣitatvāt — here the word dharma includes adharma too; saṃnyasya sarvakarmāṇi ity etat — the renunciation of all actions; he quotes Katha 1.2.24 and the Mahabharata.
Acharya Ramanuja. (1) karmayogajñānayogabhaktiyogarūpān sarvān dharmān … kurvāṇa eva … karmakartṛtvādiparityāgena parityajya — while still practising karma, jnana and bhakti yoga, giving up the sense of doership and the rest; eṣa eva sarvadharmāṇāṃ śāstrīyaparityāgaḥ — this is the scriptural giving up of all dharmas. (2) athavā — an alternative reading: to Arjuna, who grieves on seeing how very hard are the dharmas of atonement for the countless sins that obstruct the beginning of bhakti yoga — give up those dharmas of atonement and come for refuge.
Madhvacharya. The clearest reading: dharmatyāgaḥ phalatyāgaḥ, katham anyathā yuddhavidhiḥ — giving up dharma = giving up the fruit; otherwise, how could there be the command to fight (to do one's duty)? Authority, 18.11: yas tu karmaphalatyāgī sa tyāgīty abhidhīyate.
Shridhara Swami. madbhaktyaiva sarvaṃ bhaviṣyatīti dṛḍhaviśvāsena vidhikaikaryaṃ tyaktvā — with the firm faith that "everything will come about through devotion to Me", giving up servitude (slavery) to rules; and karmatyāganimittaṃ pāpaṃ syād iti mā śucaḥ — do not grieve that "there will be sin in leaving actions undone".
Madhusudana Saraswati. dharmān … śaraṇatvenānādṛtya — not regarding the dharmas as one's refuge (not abolishing them); dharmāḥ santu na santu vā kiṃ tair anyasāpekṣaiḥ — whether the dharmas remain or not, the one refuge is the Lord.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.