Sanskrit
यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव । न ह्यसंन्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन ॥
yaṃ saṃnyāsam iti prāhur yogaṃ taṃ viddhi pāṇḍava na hy asaṃnyastasaṅkalpo yogī bhavati kaścana
Translation
That which is called renunciation, know thou that as yoga, O Pandava; nor doth any one become a Yogi with the formative will unrenounced.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
Krishna equates sannyasa and yoga outright — the same discipline named two ways. The qualifier is sankalpa, the will that plans toward and anticipates future outcomes; no one becomes a yogi while that will remains unrenounced. This sharpens verse 1’s claim: renunciation isn’t giving up the act, it’s giving up the mental grasping that drives and anticipates its result.
Concepts