If one abandons action because it is painful or out of fear of bodily suffering, such a person performs rajasic renunciation and does not obtain the fruit of renunciation.

The second type of false renunciation is rajasic: the person who gives up their duties not because of delusion but because of discomfort, aversion to pain, or fear of difficulty. This is closer to self-preservation than to spiritual aspiration. The one who abandons their post because the work is hard, who stops their spiritual practice because it is demanding, who withdraws from their responsibilities because they are exhausting — this person performs a rajasic renunciation that yields no spiritual fruit. They have mistaken comfort for liberation. True renunciation requires the willingness to do what is difficult, uncomfortable, and demanding — without attachment to ease.