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Bhagavad Gita 6.1

श्री भगवानुवाच अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः। स संन्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः।।

śhrī bhagavān uvācha anāśhritaḥ karma-phalaṁ kāryaṁ karma karoti yaḥ sa sannyāsī cha yogī cha na niragnir na chākriyaḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
śhrī-bhagavān uvāchaśhrī-bhagavān uvāchathe Supreme Lord said
anāśhritaḥanāśhritaḥnot desiring
karma-phalamkarma-phalamresults of actions
kāryamkāryamobligatory
karmakarmawork
karotikarotiperform
yaḥyaḥone who
saḥsaḥthat person
sanyāsīsanyāsīin the renounced order
chachaand
yogīyogīyogi
chachaand
nananot
niḥniḥwithout
agniḥagniḥfire
nananot
chachaalso
akriyaḥakriyaḥwithout activity

The Blessed Lord said: He who performs his bounden duty without depending on the fruits of his actions—he is a sannyasi and a yogi, not he who is without fire and without action.

श्रीभगवान् ने कहा -- जो पुरुष कर्मफल पर आश्रित न होकर कर्तव्य कर्म करता है, वह संन्यासी और योगी है, न कि वह जिसने केवल अग्नि का और क्रियायों का त्याग किया है।।