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Bhagavad Gita 6.3

आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते। योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणमुच्यते।।

ārurukṣhor muner yogaṁ karma kāraṇam uchyate yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śhamaḥ kāraṇam uchyate

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
ārurukṣhoḥārurukṣhoḥa beginner
muneḥmuneḥof a sage
yogamyogamYog
karmakarmaworking without attachment
kāraṇamkāraṇamthe cause
uchyateuchyateis said
yoga ārūḍhasyayoga ārūḍhasyaof those who are elevated in Yog
tasyatasyatheir
evaevacertainly
śhamaḥśhamaḥmeditation
kāraṇamkāraṇamthe cause
uchyateuchyateis said

For a sage who wishes to attain to Yoga, action is said to be the means; for the same sage who has attained Yoga, inaction is said to be the means.

योग में आरूढ़ होने की इच्छा वाले मुनि के लिए कर्म करना ही हेतु (साधन) कहा है और योगारूढ़ हो जाने पर उसी पुरुष के लिए शम को (शांति, संकल्पसंन्यास) साधन कहा गया है।।