Verse 148

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। ॥ १४८ ॥

In plain words

"And no one reaches perfection by renunciation alone." With that line he said this as well: give up the very thing you are meant to do, and no perfection follows.

Close to the Sanskrit

"And not by renunciation alone does one attain perfection" — thus, from the complete abandonment of what ought to be performed, he also declared the absence of attainment.