BG 6.1

श्रीभगवानुवाच
अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः ।
स सन्न्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
anāśritaḥ karma-phalaṁ kāryaṁ karma karoti yaḥ
sa sannyāsī ca yogī ca na niragnir na cākriyaḥ

Word-for-word meanings

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — Śrī Bhagavān said;  yaḥ — one who;  karoti — performs;  kāryam karma — the work for which he is meant;  anāśritaḥ — without expecting;  karma-phalam — the fruits of action;  saḥ — he;  sannyāsī ca — [is both] a sannyāsī;  yogī ca — and a [karma]-yogī;  na — [but] not;  niragniḥ — the person who renounces the sacred fire;  na ca — nor;  akriyaḥ — one who merely desists from action.

Translation

Śrī Bhagavān said: One who performs the work for which he is meant without expecting the fruits of action is both a sannyāsī* and a yogī, but not the person who renounces the sacred fire nor one who merely desists from action.

Notes

* A sannyāsī is a renunciate who gives up all material pursuits, relations, and possessions, and leads a life devoted to the Absolute.

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