BG 18.11
न हि देहभृता शक्यं त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषतः ।
यस्तु कर्मफलत्यागी स त्यागीत्यभिधीयते ॥
यस्तु कर्मफलत्यागी स त्यागीत्यभिधीयते ॥
na hi deha-bhṛtā śakyaṁ
tyaktuṁ karmāṇy aśeṣataḥ
yas tu karma-phala-tyāgī
sa tyāgīty abhidhīyate
tyaktuṁ karmāṇy aśeṣataḥ
yas tu karma-phala-tyāgī
sa tyāgīty abhidhīyate
Word-for-word meanings
karmāṇi — actions; na śakyam hi — certainly cannot be; tyaktum — given up; aśeṣataḥ — entirely; deha-bhṛtā — by an embodied being; tu — but; yaḥ — one who; tyāgī — [is] a renouncer; karma-phala — [of] the fruits of action; saḥ — he; abhidhīyate — is said; tyāgī iti — to be a true renunciate.
Translation
Actions certainly cannot be entirely given up by an embodied being, but one who gives up the fruit of action is said to be a true renunciate.