BG 6.2
Yoga is what they call renunciation. One cannot become spiritually enlightened without renouncing all desire.
न ह्यसंन्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन
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yaṁ — what
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sannyāsam — renunciation
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iti — thus
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prāhur — they say
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yogaṁ — Yoga, righteous action
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taṁ — that
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viddhi — know
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pāṇḍava — Arjuna
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na — not
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hyasannyasta-saṅkalpo — without giving up desire
hi—certainly; asannyasta—without giving up; saṅkalpaḥ—desire-
hyasannyasta
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saṅkalpo
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yogī — a practitioner of Yoga (a Yogi)
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bhavati — becomes
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kaśhchana — anyone
Krishna said: One who acts out of duty, without depending on the fruit of their actions, is truly renounced and a knower of Yoga - not one who merely shuns all action. Yoga is what they call renunciation. One cannot become spiritually enlightened without renouncing all desire. Practice is the only means of reaching the heights of spiritual meditation. When the sage has climbed these heights of Yoga, they maintain themselves there through tranquility and inaction. When one renounces attachment to sense objects and to actions, they have abandoned all desires and attained the heights of Yoga.
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When one renounces attachment to sense objects and to actions, they have abandoned all desires and attained the heights of Yoga.
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However, without right action, it is difficult to attain renunciation. The sage who is a master of righteous action quickly attains divine consciousness.
- Verse 5.6
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Krishna said: One who acts out of duty, without depending on the fruit of their actions, is truly renounced and a knower of Yoga - not one who merely shuns all action.
- Verse 6.1
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Krishna replied: The sages know that renunciation is forgoing any action that springs from desire, while relinquishing is the forgoing of its fruit.
- Verse 18.2