Bhagavad Gita 6.1श्री भगवानुवाच अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः।स संन्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः ॥
śhrī bhagavān uvācha anāśhritaḥ karma-phalaṁ kāryaṁ karma
karoti yaḥ sa sannyāsī cha yogī cha na niragnir na chākriyaḥ
Sanskrit recitation
Who is truly a yogi · 6.1–6.9 · Teaching
Translation
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.
Hindi translation
श्रीभगवान् बोले -- कर्मफलका आश्रय न लेकर जो कर्तव्यकर्म करता है, वही संन्यासी तथा योगी है; और केवल अग्निका त्याग करनेवाला संन्यासी नहीं होता तथा केवल क्रियाओंका त्याग करनेवाला योगी नहीं होता।
Meaning
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)
After Swami Sivananda
Who is truly a yogi· 6.1–6.9→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
6.1The Blessed Lord said: He who performs his bounden duty without depending on the fruits of…
- 6.2Do you, O Arjuna, know that Yoga is what they call renunciation; no one indeed becomes a…
- 6.3For a sage who wishes to attain to Yoga, action is said to be the means; for the same sage…
- 6.4When a person is not attached to the sense-objects or to actions, having renounced all…
- 6.5One should raise oneself by one's own self alone; let not one lower oneself; for the self…
- 6.6The Self is the friend of the self of him by whom the Self has been conquered; but to the…
- 6.7The Supreme Self of him who is self-controlled and peaceful remains balanced in cold and…
- 6.8The Yogi who is satisfied with the knowledge and wisdom of the Self, who has conquered the…
- 6.9He who is of the same mind towards the good-hearted, friends, enemies, the indifferent,…
Word-by-word→
- na
- not
- cha
- also
- karma
- work
- niḥ
- without
- saḥ
- that person
- yaḥ
- one who
- yogī
- yogi
- karoti
- perform
- agniḥ
- fire
- kāryam
- obligatory
- akriyaḥ
- without activity
- sanyāsī
- in the renounced order
- karma-phalam
- results of actions
- anāśhritaḥ
- not desiring
- śhrī-bhagavān uvācha
- the Supreme Lord said
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