न हि देहभृता शक्यं त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषतः | यस्तु कर्मफलत्यागी स त्यागीत्यभिधीयते ||१८-११||
na hi dehabhṛtā śakyaṃ tyaktuṃ karmāṇyaśeṣataḥ . yastu karmaphalatyāgī sa tyāgītyabhidhīyate ||18-11||
- na
- never
- hi
- certainly
- deha-bhṛtā
- by the embodied
- śakyam
- is possible
- tyaktum
- to be renounced
- karmāṇi
- activities
- aśeṣataḥ
- altogether
- yaḥ
- anyone who
- tu
- but
- karma
- of work
- phala
- of the result
- tyāgī
- the renouncer
- saḥ
- he
- tyāgī
- the renouncer
- iti
- thus
- abhidhīyate
- is said
It is indeed impossible for an embodied being to give up all activities. But he who renounces the fruits of action is called one who has truly renounced.