Bhagawad Geeta

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मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते ।
योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणमुच्यते ॥

aruruksor muner yogam

karma karanam ucyate
yogarudhasya tasyaiva
samah karanam ucyate

TRANSLATION

For one who is a neophyte in the eightfold yoga system, work is said to be the means; and for one who has already attained to yoga, cessation of all material activities is said to be the means.

VERSE-4

यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते ।
सर्वसङ्‍कल्पसन्न्यासी योगारूढ़स्तदोच्यते ॥

yada hi nendriyarthesu

na karmasv anusajjate
sarva-sankalpa-sannyasi
yogarudhas tadocyate

SYNONYMS

yadā—when; hi—certainly; na—not; indriya-artheṣu—in sense gratification; na—never; karmasu—in fruitive activities; anuṣajjate—does necessarily engage; sarva-saṅkalpa—all material desires; sannyāsī—renouncer; yoga-ārūḍhaḥ—elevated in yoga; tadā—at that time; ucyate—is said to be.

TRANSLATION

A person is said to have attained to yoga when, having renounced all material desires, he neither acts for sense gratification nor engages in fruitive activities.

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Bhagawad GeetaBy Dr. Shanatanu Nagarkatti