Chapter VI · Śloka 1
Śrī Kṛṣṇa uvāca
अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः |
स सन्न्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः ||
स सन्न्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः ||
anāśritaḥ karma-phalaṃ kāryaṃ karma karoti yaḥ |
sa sannyāsī ca yogī ca na niragnir na cākriyaḥ ||
sa sannyāsī ca yogī ca na niragnir na cākriyaḥ ||
One who performs prescribed duty without attachment to results is both a sannyāsī and a yogī — not one who has merely abandoned the sacred fire or ceased from action.
The sannyāsī and the yogī are not defined by robes or rituals but by inner renunciation. The true renunciant acts in the world; the true yogi does not flee it. Both are characterized by the same quality: action without ownership of its fruit.