Obligatory actions: Renunciation and Surrender

He who performs an obligatory action, believing it to be a duty that ought to be done, without any personal desire to do the act or to receive any return—such renunciation is pure.

— Shri Purohit Swami (1935), public domain

This draft lesson introduces Bhagavad Gita 18.9 through stronger key ideas from the verse: obligatory actions, renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions, as a duty. In the context of Renunciation and Surrender, learners connect Sanskrit vocabulary to the verse's teaching before applying it to daily choices. Review this draft before publication.