Sanskrit · Devanagari
यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव। न ह्यसंन्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन ॥
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yaṃ saṃnyāsamiti prāhuryogaṃ taṃ viddhi pāṇḍava na hyasaṃnyastasaṅkalpo yogī bhavati kaścana
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Know, O son of Pāṇḍu! that what is called renunciation is devotion for nobody becomes a devotee who has not renounced (all) fancies. To the sage who wishes to rise to devotion
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।6.2।। यं सर्वकर्मतत्फलपरित्यागलक्षणं परमार्थसंन्यासं संन्यासम् इति प्राहुः श्रुतिस्मृतिविदः योगं कर्मानुष्ठानलक्षणं तं परमार्थसंन्यासं विद्धि जानीहि हे पाण्डव। कर्मयोगस्य प्रवृत्तिलक्षणस्य तद्विपरीतेन निवृत्तिलक्षणेन परमार्थसंन्यासेन कीदृशं सामान्यमङ्गीकृत्य तद्भाव उच्यते इत्यपेक्षायाम् इदमुच्यते अस्ति हि परमार्थसंन्यासेन सादृश्यं कर्तृद्वारकं कर्मयोगस्य। यो हि परमार्थसंन्यासी स त्यक्तसर्वकर्मसाधनतया सर्वकर्मतत्फलविषयं संकल्पं प्रवृत्तिहेतुकामकारणं संन्यस्यति। अयमपि कर्मयोगी कर्म कुर्वाण एव फलविषयं संकल्पं संन्यस्यति इत्येतमर्थं दर्शयिष्यन् आह न हि यस्मात् असंन्यस्तसंकल्पः असंन्यस्तः अपरित्यक्तः फलविषयः संकल्पः अभिसंधिः येन सः असंन्यस्तसंकल्पः कश्चन कश्चिदपि कर्मी योगी समाधानवान् भवति न संभवतीत्यर्थः फलसंकल्पस्य चित्तवेक्षेपहेतुत्वात्। तस्मात् यः कश्चन कर्मी संन्यस्तफलसंकल्पोभवेत् स योगी समाधानवान् अविक्षिप्तचित्तो भवेत् चित्तविक्षेपहेतोः फलसंकल्पस्य संन्यस्तत्वादित्यभिप्रायः।।एवं परमार्थसंन्यासकर्मयोगयोः कर्तृद्वारकं संन्याससामान्यमपेक्ष्य यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव इति कर्मयोगस्य स्तुत्यर्थं संन्यासत्वम् उक्तम्। ध्यानयोगस्य फलनिरपेक्षः कर्मयोगो बहिरङ्गं साधनमिति तं संन्यासत्वेन स्तुत्वा अधुना कर्मयोगस्य ध्यानयोगसाधनत्वं दर्शयति
03db6c9c7a77…Rāmānuja
6.2 Know Karma Yoga only to be that which they call as Sannyasa i.e., as Jnana Yoga or knowledge of the real nature of the self. Sri Krsna substantiates this by the words, 'For no one whose delusive identification of the body with the self is not abandoned, becomes a true Karma Yogin.' 'One whose delusion is abandoned is one by whom the delusion of identifying the self with Prakrti (body), which is in reality distinct from the self, is not rejected by the contemplation of the real nature of the self. One who is not of this kind is one whose delusion is not abandoned. One who is not of this kind cannot become a Karma Yogin of the type described here. It has already been said: 'He whose every undertaking is free from desire for fruits and delusive identification of the body with the self ৷৷.' (4.19). Sri Krsna now teaches that by Karma Yoga alone one succeeds in Yoga without the risk of fall.
41a2b2e910e1…Swami Sivananda
6.2 यम् which? संन्यासम् renunciation? इति thus? प्राहुः (they) call? योगम् Yoga? तम् that? विद्धि know? पाण्डव O Pandava? न not? हि verily? असंन्यस्तसङ्कल्पः one who has not renounced thoughts? योगी Yogi? भवति becomes? कश्चन anyone.Commentary Sankalpa is the working of the imagining faculty of the mind that makes plans for the future and guesses the results of plans so formed. No one can become a Karma Yogi who plans and schemes and expects fruits for his actions. No devotee of action who has not renounced the thought of the fruits of his actions can become a Yogi of steady mind. The thought of the fruits will certainly make the mind unsteady.Lord Krishna eulogises Karma Yoga here because it is the means or an external aid (Bahiranga Sadhana) to Dhyana Yoga. Karma Yoga is a steppingstone to Dhyana Yoga. It leads to the Yoga of Meditation in due course. In order to encourage the practice of Karna Yoga it is stated here that Karma Yoga is Sannyasa. (Cf.V.4)
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