6.4 Established in it Krishna speaks
यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते
सर्वसङ्कल्पसंन्यासी योगारूढस्तदोच्यते
yadā hi nendriyārtheṣhu na karmasv-anuṣhajjate
sarva-saṅkalpa-sannyāsī yogārūḍhas tadochyate
When a person is attached neither to the objects of sense nor to actions, having renounced every intention — that one is said to be established in yoga.
Explanation
What established actually means.
Attached neither to the objects of sense nor to actions, having renounced every intention.
Note that actions is in the list of things not to be attached to. Being attached to your own doing — to being the sort of person who does things — is named as the same problem as wanting the objects.
Word by word
- yadā
- when
- hi
- certainly
- na
- not
- indriya-artheṣhu
- for sense-objects
- na
- not
- karmasu
- to actions
- anuṣhajjate
- is attachment
- sarva-saṅkalpa
- all desires for the fruits of actions
- sanyāsī
- renouncer
- yoga-ārūḍhaḥ
- elevated in the science of Yog
- tadā
- at that time
- uchyate
- is said
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