6:2  

यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव ।
न ह्यसंन्यस्तसंकल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन ॥६- २॥

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Transliteration

yaM saMnyaasamiti praahuryogaM taM widdhi paaNDawa ।

na hyasaMnyastasaMkalpo yogii bhawati kashchana ॥६- २॥

Translation

Know that yoga called renunciation, O son of Pandu,
Not anyone becomes a yogi without renouncing desire.

Translation

O Arjuna, know that to be the Karma-yoga which they call Samnyasa. No one becomes a Karma-yogi who has not renounced the selfish motive behind an action. (See also 5.01, 5.05, 6.01, and 18.02)

Translation

What is called renunciation is the same as yoga, or linking oneself with the Supreme, for no one can become a yogi unless he renounces the desire for sense gratification.