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SIXTH DISCOURSE.

श्रीभगवानुवाच ।

अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः ।

स संन्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः ॥ १ ॥

The Blessed Lord said:

He that performeth such action as his duty, independently of the fruit of action, he is an ascetic,[1] he is a Yogî, not he that is without fire, and without rites. (1)

यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव । न ह्यसंन्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन ॥ २ ॥

That which is called renunciation, know thou that as yoga, O Pândava; nor doth any one become a Yogî with the formative will[2] unrenounced. (2)


  1. The ascetic, the Sannyâsî, lights no sacrificial fire and performs no sacrifices nor ceremonies; but merely to omit these, without true renunciation, is not to be a real ascetic.
  2. Sankalpa, the imaginative faculty that makes plans for the future.