BG - 6.2

यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव। न ह्यसंन्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन।।6.2।।

yaṁ sannyāsam iti prāhur yogaṁ taṁ viddhi pāṇḍava na hyasannyasta-saṅkalpo yogī bhavati kaśhchana

• yam - what
• sanyāsam - renunciation
• iti - thus
• prāhuḥ - they say
• yogam - yog
• tam - that
• viddhi - know
• pāṇḍava - Arjun, the son of Pandu
• na - not
• hi - certainly
• asannyasta - without giving up
• saṅkalpaḥ - desire
• yogī - a yogi
• bhavati - becomes
• kaśhchana - anyone

Translation

Do you, O Arjuna, know that Yoga is what they call renunciation; no one indeed becomes a Yogi who has not renounced their thoughts.

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