Gita Verse 6.4

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verse 4

Sanskrit Verse

यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते।

सर्वसङ्कल्पसंन्यासी योगारूढस्तदोच्यते।।6.4।।

Transliteration

yadā hi nendriyārtheṣhu na karmasv-anuṣhajjate

sarva-saṅkalpa-sannyāsī yogārūḍhas tadochyate

Word meanings

yadā—when; hi—certainly; na—not; indriya-artheṣhu—for sense-objects; na—not; karmasu—to actions; anuṣhajjate—is attachment; sarva-saṅkalpa—all desires for the fruits of actions; sanyāsī—renouncer; yoga-ārūḍhaḥ—elevated in the science of Yog; tadā—at that time; uchyate—is said

Swami Sivananda's translation

When a person is not attached to the sense-objects or to actions, having renounced all thoughts, then they are said to have attained Yoga.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 6