BG 18.8
दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत् ।
स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत् ॥
स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत् ॥
duḥkham ity eva yat karma kāya-kleśa-bhayāt tyajet
sa kṛtvā rājasaṁ tyāgaṁ naiva tyāga-phalaṁ labhet
sa kṛtvā rājasaṁ tyāgaṁ naiva tyāga-phalaṁ labhet
Word-for-word meanings
tyajet — if one gives up; yat — whatsoever; karma — duty; bhayāt — out of fear; kleśa — [of] discomfort; kāya — [to] the body; iti — [considering] thus; duḥkham eva — “it is indeed painful; ” saḥ — he; kṛtvā — having undertaken; tyāgam — such renunciation; rājasam — which is of the nature of rajas; na labhet eva — certainly does not obtain; phalam — the benefit; tyāga — [of] renunciation.
Translation
If one gives up one’s duty out of fear of bodily discomfort, considering it as indeed painful, then even on undertaking such renunciation, which is of the nature of rajas, he certainly derives no benefit from it.