Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 6 · The Way of Meditation

    Verse 4

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 6, Verse 4

    यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते। सर्वसङ्कल्पसंन्यासी योगारूढस्तदोच्यते।।6.4।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    yadā hi nendriyārtheṣhu na karmasv-anuṣhajjate sarva-saṅkalpa-sannyāsī yogārūḍhas tadochyate

    Translation

    For, when one loses attachment to the things of the senses and to actions, then they have abandoned all desires and are said to have climbed the heights of Yoga.
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