यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव | न ह्यसंन्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन ||६-२||
yaṃ saṃnyāsamiti prāhuryogaṃ taṃ viddhi pāṇḍava . na hyasaṃnyastasaṅkalpo yogī bhavati kaścana ||6-2||
- yam
- what
- sannyāsam
- renunciation
- iti
- thus
- prāhuḥ
- they say
- yogam
- linking with the Supreme
- tam
- that
- viddhi
- you must know
- pāṇḍava
- O son of Pāṇḍu
- na
- never
- hi
- certainly
- asannyasta
- without giving up
- saṅkalpaḥ
- desire for self-satisfaction
- yogī
- a mystic transcendentalist
- bhavati
- becomes
- kaścana
- anyone
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.