श्रीभगवानुवाच अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः । स संन्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः ॥
śrī bhagavān uvāca anāśritaḥ karmaphalaṃ kāryaṃ karma karoti yaḥ | sa sannyāsī ca yogī ca na niragnirna cākriyaḥ ||
Translation
The Blessed Lord said: One who performs obligatory duty without depending on the fruits of action — that person is both a renunciant and a yogi. Not one who has given up fire and not one who has given up action.
Interpretation
Chapter 6 opens with a redefinition of spiritual status. A true sannyasi (renunciant) is not the one who has physically given up fire (the Vedic rituals) or abandoned all external action. A true yogi is not the one who simply sits in poses. Both titles belong to the one who acts without depending on results (anashrita — without leaning upon, without expectation of fruit). This is the karmanye vadhikaraste principle lived in its fullness — action taken because it is right, not because of what one will get.