Chapter 6 Verse 2 of 47

• yaḿ sannyāsam iti prāhur
• yogaḿ taḿ viddhi pāṇḍava
• na hy asannyasta-sańkalpo
• yogī bhavati kaścana

Translation

What is called renunciation you should know to be the same as yoga, or linking oneself with the Supreme, O son of Pāṇḍu, for one can never become a yogī unless he renounces the desire for sense gratification.

Synonyms

• yam

  what

• sannyāsam

  renunciation

• iti

  thus

• prāhuḥ

  they say

• yogam

  linking with the Supreme

• tam

  that

• viddhi

  you must know

• pāṇḍava

  O son of Pandu

• na

  never

• hi

  certainly

• asannyasta

  without giving up

• sa

  sań

• alpaḥ

  desire for self-satisfaction

• yogī

  a mystic transcendentalist

• bhavati

  becomes

• kaścana

  anyone.

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