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श्री भगवानुवाच अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः। स संन्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः।।6.1।।

śhrī bhagavān uvācha anāśhritaḥ karma-phalaṁ kāryaṁ karma karoti yaḥ sa sannyāsī cha yogī cha na niragnir na chākriyaḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 6, Verse 1
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
The Blessed Lord said: He who performs his bounden duty without depending on the fruits of his actions - he is a sannyasi and a yogi, not he who is without fire and without action.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: one who performs their duty without depending on the fruit of action is the real renunciant, not one who simply gives up the fire ritual or outward activity, once again correcting the assumption that giving things up outwardly is what matters.

In life: quitting your job to 'find peace' can accomplish nothing if the underlying craving for outcomes just follows you into the next role.

Teaching: before making a dramatic external change to escape a feeling, address the underlying attachment first, otherwise the same pattern tends to follow you.

śhrī-bhagavān uvāchathe Supreme Lord said
anāśhritaḥnot desiring
karma-phalamresults of actions
kāryamobligatory
karmawork
karotiperform
yaḥone who
saḥthat person
sanyāsīin the renounced order
chaand
yogīyogi
chaand
nanot
niḥwithout
agniḥfire
nanot
chaalso
akriyaḥwithout activity

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
6.1 अनाश्रितः not depending (on)? कर्मफलम् fruit of action? कार्यम् bounden? कर्म duty? करोति performs? यः who? सः he? संन्यासी Sannyasi (ascetic)? च and? योगी Yogi? च and? न not? निरग्निः without fire? न not? च and? अक्रियः without action.Commentary Actions such as Agnihotra? etc.? performed without the expectation of their fruits purify the mind and become the means to Dhyana Yoga or the Yoga of Meditation.Karyam Karma bounden duty.Niragnih without fire. He who has renounced the daily rituals like Agnihotra? which are performed with the help of fire.Akriya without action. He who has renounced austerities and other meritorious acts like building resthouses? charitable dispensaries? digging wells? feeding the poor? etc.Sannyasi he who has renounced the fruits of his actions.Yogi he who has a steady mind. These two terms are applied to him in a secondary sense only. They are not used to denote that he is in reality a Sannyasi and a Yogi.The Sannyasi performs neither Agnihotra nor other ceremonies. But simply to omit these without genuine renunciation will not make one a real Sannyasi. (Cf.V.3)