Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
न हि देहभृता शक्यं त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषतः ।
यस्तु कर्मफलत्यागी स त्यागीत्यभिधीयते ॥११॥
na hi deha-bhṛtā śakyaṁ
tyaktuṁ karmāṇy aśeṣataḥ
yas tu karma-phala-tyāgī
sa tyāgīty abhidhīyate
Word for word (synonyms)
- na
- never
- hi
- certainly
- deha-bhṛtā
- of the embodied
- śakyam
- possible
- tyaktum
- to renounce
- karmāṇi
- activities of
- aśeṣataḥ
- altogether
- yaḥ tu
- anyone who
- karma
- work
- phala
- result
- tyāgī
- renouncer
- saḥ
- he
- tyāgī
- the renouncer
- iti
- thus
- abhidhīyate
- it is said
Translation
It is indeed impossible for an embodied being to give up all activities. Therefore it is said that he who renounces the fruits of action is one who has truly renounced.
Defined in the Gītā
Renunciation
What is real renunciation?
The Supreme Lord said, To give up the results of all activities is called renunciation [tyāga] by the wise. And that state is called the renounced order of life [sannyāsa] by great learned men.
This verse is one of the Gītā’s own answers.
Purport
A person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness acting in knowledge of his relationship with Kṛṣṇa is always liberated. Therefore he does not have to enjoy or suffer the results of his acts after death.
What this verse teaches
The wise and true renunciant; The result of not renouncing
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.