श्रीभगवान् उवाच
अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः ॥
स संन्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर् न चाक्रियः ॥
यं संन्यासम् इति प्राहुर् योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव ॥
न ह्य् असंन्यस्तसंकल्पो योगी भवति कश् चन ॥
आरुरुक्षोर् मुनेर् योगं कर्म कारणम् उच्यते ॥
योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणम् उच्यते ॥
यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्व् अनुषज्जते ॥
सर्वसंकल्पसंन्यासी योगारूढस् तदोच्यते ॥
śrībhagavān uvāca
anāśritaḥ karmaphalaṃ kāryaṃ karma karoti yaḥ ||
sa saṃnyāsī ca yogī ca na niragnir na cākriyaḥ ||
yaṃ saṃnyāsam iti prāhur yogaṃ taṃ viddhi pāṇḍava ||
na hy asaṃnyastasaṃkalpo yogī bhavati kaś cana ||
ārurukṣor muner yogaṃ karma kāraṇam ucyate ||
yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śamaḥ kāraṇam ucyate ||
yadā hi nendriyārtheṣu na karmasv anuṣajjate ||
sarvasaṃkalpasaṃnyāsī yogārūḍhas tadocyate ||
The Blessed Lord said: 'One who performs the action that must be done without relying on its fruit is a sannyasi and a yogi — not merely one who has given up fire and rites. Know that which is called sannyasa to be yoga, O Pandava; for no one becomes a yogi without renouncing willful desires. For the sage who wishes to ascend to yoga, action is said to be the means; for one who has already become established in yoga, tranquility is said to be the means. When he clings neither to the objects of the senses nor to actions, and has renounced all intentions, then he is called established in yoga.'
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Krishna again distinguishes inner renunciation from outward appearance. Action purifies the beginner, while peace becomes the means for one already established; in both cases, what decides the matter is giving up any claim to fruits and desires.