श्रीभगवानुवाच | अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः | स संन्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः
śrībhagavānuvāca . anāśritaḥ karmaphalaṃ kāryaṃ karma karoti yaḥ . sa saṃnyāsī ca yogī ca na niragnirna cākriyaḥ
Der Erhabene Herr sprach: Wer eine pflichtgemäße Handlung ausführt, ohne an den Früchten der Handlung zu haften, der ist ein Sannyasi und ein Yogi; nicht der, der kein Feuer unterhält und tatenlos ist.
The Blessed Lord said He who performs an action which is his duty, without depending on the result of action, he is a monk and a yogi; (but) not (so in) he who does not keep a fire and is actionless.
Dieser Vers definiert den wahren Sannyasi und Yogi. Es ist nicht die äußere Aufgabe von Ritualen oder Handlungen, die einen zum Sannyasi oder Yogi macht, sondern die innere Haltung der Loslösung von den Ergebnissen der eigenen Pflichten. Karma Yoga, die Handlung ohne Anhaftung an die Früchte, wird hier als der Weg zur inneren Reinigung und zur Vorbereitung auf Dhyana Yoga betont.
Actions such as Agnihotra? etc.? performed without the expectation of their fruits purify the mind and become the means to Dhyana Yoga or the Yoga of Meditation.Karyam Karma bounden duty.Niragnih without fire. He who has renounced the daily rituals like Agnihotra? which are performed with the help of fire.Akriya without action. He who has renounced austerities and other meritorious acts like building resthouses? charitable dispensaries? digging wells? feeding the poor? etc.Sannyasi he who has renounced the fruits of his actions.Yogi he who has a steady mind. These two terms are applied to him in a secondary sense only. They are not used to denote that he is in reality a Sannyasi and a Yogi.The Sannyasi performs neither Agnihotra nor other ceremonies. But simply to omit these without genuine renunciation will not make one a real Sannyasi. (Cf.V.3)