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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