Bhagavad Gita 6.2यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव।न ह्यसंन्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन ॥
yaṁ sannyāsam iti prāhur yogaṁ taṁ viddhi
pāṇḍava na hyasannyasta-saṅkalpo yogī bhavati kaśhchana
Sanskrit recitation
Who is truly a yogi · 6.1–6.9 · Teaching
Translation
Do you, O Arjuna, know that Yoga is what they call renunciation; no one indeed becomes a Yogi who has not renounced their thoughts.
Hindi translation
हे अर्जुन ! लोग जिसको संन्यास कहते हैं, उसीको तुम योग समझो; क्योंकि संकल्पोंका त्याग किये बिना मनुष्य कोई-सा भी योगी नहीं हो सकता।
Meaning
Sankalpa is the working of the imagining faculty of the mind that makes plans for the future and guesses the results of plans so formed. No one can become a Karma Yogi who plans and schemes and expects fruits for his actions. No devotee of action who has not renounced the thought of the fruits of his actions can become a Yogi of steady mind. The thought of the fruits will certainly make the mind unsteady.Lord Krishna eulogises Karma Yoga here because it is the means or an external aid (Bahiranga Sadhana) to Dhyana Yoga. Karma Yoga is a steppingstone to Dhyana Yoga. It leads to the Yoga of Meditation in due course. In order to encourage the practice of Karna Yoga it is stated here that Karma Yoga is Sannyasa. (Cf.V.4)
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→
- hi
- certainly
- na
- not
- iti
- thus
- tam
- that
- yam
- what
- yogam
- yog
- yogī
- a yogi
- viddhi
- know
- bhavati
- becomes
- prāhuḥ
- they say
- sanyāsam
- renunciation
- asannyasta
- without giving up
- kaśhchana
- anyone
- pāṇḍava
- Arjun, the son of Pandu
- saṅkalpaḥ
- desire
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