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Bhagavad Gita 6.4

यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते। सर्वसङ्कल्पसंन्यासी योगारूढस्तदोच्यते।।

yadā hi nendriyārtheṣhu na karmasv-anuṣhajjate sarva-saṅkalpa-sannyāsī yogārūḍhas tadochyate

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
yadāyadāwhen
hihicertainly
nananot
indriya-artheṣhuindriya-artheṣhufor sense-objects
nananot
karmasukarmasuto actions
anuṣhajjateanuṣhajjateis attachment
sarva-saṅkalpasarva-saṅkalpaall desires for the fruits of actions
sanyāsīsanyāsīrenouncer
yoga-ārūḍhaḥyoga-ārūḍhaḥelevated in the science of Yog
tadātadāat that time
uchyateuchyateis said

When a person is not attached to the sense-objects or to actions, having renounced all thoughts, then they are said to have attained Yoga.

जब (साधक) न इन्द्रियों के विषयों में और न कर्मों में आसक्त होता है तब सर्व संकल्पों के संन्यासी को योगारूढ़ कहा जाता है।।