18.4 निश्चयम् conclusion or the final truth, श्रृणु hear, मे My, तत्र there, त्यागे about abandonment, भरतसत्तम O best of the Bharatas, त्यागः abandonment, हि verily, पुरुषव्याघ्र O best of men, त्रिविधः of three kinds, संप्रकीर्तितः has been declared (to be).Commentary: Now the Lord gives His own decisive opinion. It is declared in the scriptures that renunciation is of three kinds, viz., Sattvic, Rajasic and Tamasic. The Lord alone can teach the truth about the subject. Whoever wants to be liberated from the miseries of this world must understand the real nature of renunciation.