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Bhagavad Gita 6.2

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

yaṁ sannyāsam iti prāhur yogaṁ taṁ viddhi pāṇḍava na hyasannyasta-saṅkalpo yogī bhavati kaśhchana

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
yamyamwhat
sanyāsamsanyāsamrenunciation
itiitithus
prāhuḥprāhuḥthey say
yogamyogamyog
tamtamthat
viddhividdhiknow
pāṇḍavapāṇḍavaArjun, the son of Pandu
nananot
hihicertainly
asannyastaasannyastawithout giving up
saṅkalpaḥsaṅkalpaḥdesire
yogīyogīa yogi
bhavatibhavatibecomes
kaśhchanakaśhchanaanyone

Do you, O Arjuna, know that Yoga is what they call renunciation; no one indeed becomes a Yogi who has not renounced their thoughts.

हे पाण्डव ! जिसको (शास्त्रवित्) संन्यास कहते हैं, उसी को तुम योग समझो; क्योंकि संकल्पों को न त्यागने वाला कोई भी पुरुष योगी नहीं होता।।