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Chapter 6, Verse 1

श्री भगवानुवाच अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः। स संन्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः।।6.1।।

śrī bhagavānuvāca anāśritaḥ karmaphalaṃ kāryaṃ karma karoti yaḥ. sa saṃnyāsī ca yogī ca na niragnirna cākriyaḥ.।6.1।।

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श्री भगवान् उवाच (śrī bhagavān uvāca)
The Blessed Lord said
अनाश्रितः (anāśritaḥ)
not depending on / without recourse to
कर्मफलं (karma-phalam)
the fruit of action
कार्यं (kāryam)
that which ought to be done / obligatory duty
कर्म (karma)
action
करोति (karoti)
performs, does
यः (yaḥ)
who (relative pronoun)
सः (saḥ)
he (correlative pronoun)
संन्यासी (saṃnyāsī)
a renunciate, one who has renounced
च (ca)
and
योगी (yogī)
a yogi, one united in yoga
च (ca)
and
न (na)
not
निरग्निः (niragniḥ)
one without (ritual) fire, who has given up sacrificial fire
न (na)
not
च (ca)
and
अक्रियः (akriyaḥ)
inactive, without action

Commentary

1. He who, without depending on the fruits of action, performs his bounden duty, he is a Sawnyasi and a Yogin : not he who is without fire and without action.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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श्री भगवान् उवाच (śrī bhagavān uvāca)
अनाश्रितः (anāśritaḥ)
कर्मफलं (karma-phalam)
कार्यं (kāryam)
कर्म (karma)
करोति (karoti)
यः (yaḥ)
सः (saḥ)
संन्यासी (saṃnyāsī)
च (ca)
योगी (yogī)
च (ca)
न (na)
निरग्निः (niragniḥ)
न (na)
च (ca)
अक्रियः (akriyaḥ)

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