BG 6.2

यं सन्न्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव ।
न ह्यसन्न्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन ॥
yaṁ sannyāsam iti prāhur yogaṁ taṁ viddhi pāṇḍava
na hy asannyasta-saṅkalpo yogī bhavati kaścana

Word-for-word meanings

pāṇḍava — O son of Pāṇḍu;  yam — what;  prāhuḥ — is called;  sannyāsam iti — “sannyāsa” [renunciation of the desire for the fruits of action];  viddhi — know;  tam — that;  yogam — as yoga;  hi — indeed;  na kaścana — no one;  bhavati — becomes;  yogī — a yogī;  asannyasta — without abandoning;  saṅkalpaḥ — volition for the fruits of action.

Translation

O Arjuna, what is called sannyāsa [renunciation of the desire for the fruits of action], know that to be yoga. Indeed, no one becomes a yogī without abandoning volition for the fruits of action.

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