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Bhagavad Gita 6.1

Chapter 6: Dhyana Yoga (The Yoga of Meditation) · ध्यानयोग

Shri Krishna said · श्रीभगवान ने कहा

अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः ।स संन्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः ॥

anāśritaḥ karmaphalaṃ kāryaṃ karma karoti yaḥ |sa saṃnyāsī ca yogī ca na niragnirna cākriyaḥ ||

Meaning of Gita 6.1 in English

Krishna says the true renunciate and true yogi is someone who does their duty without depending on its results — not someone who merely stops lighting the sacred fire or stops working.

गीता 6.1 का हिंदी अर्थ

श्रीकृष्ण कहते हैं कि जो कर्मफल पर निर्भर हुए बिना अपना कर्तव्य करता है, वही संन्यासी और योगी है; केवल अग्नि या कर्म छोड़ देने वाला नहीं।

doing your dutytrue renunciationwork and spirituality

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.