यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव ।न ह्यसंन्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन ॥
yaṃ sannyāsam iti prāhur yogaṃ taṃ viddhi pāṇḍava |na hy asannyastasaṅkalpo yogī bhavati kaścana ||
- यम् · yam
- which
- संन्यासम् · sannyāsam
- renunciation
- प्राहुः · prāhuḥ
- they call
- योगम् · yogam
- yoga
- विद्धि · viddhi
- know
- पाण्डव · pāṇḍava
- O Pandava
- असंन्यस्तसङ्कल्पः · asannyastasaṅkalpaḥ
- one who has not renounced plans of desire
- कश्चन · kaścana
- anyone
“What they call renunciation, know that to be yoga, O Pandava. No one becomes a yogi without renouncing self-serving plans.”
— Original plain-language translation
Sankalpa, the designing will for personal gain, is the knot both paths must cut. Renunciation and yoga converge on this inner giving-up. Outer labels matter less than this resolve.
— Reader's notes (original)