Chapter 6 · Verse 1 · Dhyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 6.1
Sanskrit
श्री भगवानुवाच अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः। स संन्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः।।6.1।।
Transliteration
śhrī bhagavān uvācha anāśhritaḥ karma-phalaṁ kāryaṁ karma karoti yaḥ sa sannyāsī cha yogī cha na niragnir na chākriyaḥ
In plain words
You are exhausted because you are carrying the weight of outcomes you cannot control—the marriage that won't heal, the debt that won't return, the job that hasn't materialized, the child you cannot fix. Krishna says: do what is yours to do, fully and with love, and release your stranglehold on what comes back. Freedom is not stopping; it's working without clinging.
Word by Word
The Lord opens the teaching on meditation by dissolving a false choice: you cannot renounce action itself, only the grasping for its fruits. True renunciation is internal—a freedom of the heart that performs all duties with perfect clarity and love, asking nothing in return.
The yogi and the sannyassi are one when both have released the ego's demand for reward. In our modern rush, we mistake inaction for wisdom and busyness for purpose; the invitation here is to work fully, love completely, and hold nothing back—while keeping your hands open.
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Bhagavad Gita 6.1 — BG 6.1
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