| The Supreme Lord said: One who
performs the
prescribed duty without seeking its fruit is a Samnyasi and a (Karma) yogi, not
the one who merely does not light
the sacred are, and does not work. (6.01)
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) (6.02)
For the wise who seeks to attain yoga (of meditation or
the equanimity of mind), Karma-yoga is said to be the means; for the one
who has attained yoga, the equanimity becomes the means (of Self-Realization). (6.03)
A person is said to have attained yogic perfection when
there is no desire for sensual pleasures, or attachment to the fruits of work, and
has renounced all personal
selfish
motives. (6.04)
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