6.1 Not the one who lights no fire Krishna speaks
अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः
स संन्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः
anāśhritaḥ karma-phalaṁ kāryaṁ karma karoti yaḥ
sa sannyāsī cha yogī cha na niragnir na chākriyaḥ
One who does the work that must be done without depending on its fruit — that one is both a renouncer and a practitioner of yoga; not the one who lights no fire and does nothing.
Explanation
The chapter opens by taking a title away from someone.
The renouncer is the one who does the necessary work without depending on its fruit — not the one who lights no fire and does nothing.
Chapter 5 argued this; here it is stated as a definition, and with an edge. Withdrawal is being explicitly denied the name it usually claims.
Word by word
- śhrī-bhagavān uvācha
- the Supreme Lord said
- anāśhritaḥ
- not desiring
- karma-phalam
- results of actions
- kāryam
- obligatory
- karma
- work
- karoti
- perform
- yaḥ
- one who
- saḥ
- that person
- sanyāsī
- in the renounced order
- cha
- and
- yogī
- yogi
- cha
- and
- na
- not
- niḥ
- without
- agniḥ
- fire
- na
- not
- cha
- also
- akriyaḥ
- without activity
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