Bhagavad Gita BG 6.4
Chapter 6, Verse 4 — Meaning, Translation & Explanation
यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते । सर्वसङ्कल्पसन्न्यासी योगारूढस्तदोच्यते ॥
yada hi nendriyarthesu na karmasv anushajjate sarva-sankalpa-sannyasi yogarudhas tadocyate
Meaning
When one is attached neither to sense-objects nor to actions — having renounced all sankalpas — that one is then said to have ascended to yoga.
Understanding
The definition of yogarudha (one established in yoga): two marks of non-attachment. First: na indriyarthesu anushajjate — not clinging to sense-objects. Second: na karmasu anushajjate — not clinging to the action itself. And underlying both: sarva-sankalpa-sannyasi — one who has renounced ALL sankalpas (all result-projecting, desire-charged mental intentions). This is not inaction or insensitivity but the absence of the ego's compulsive grasping.
Word by Word
| Word | IAST | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| इन्द्रियार्थेषु | indriyarthesu | in sense-objects, in objects of the senses |
| अनुषज्जते | anushajjate | is attached to, clings to, hangs onto |
| सर्वसङ्कल्पसन्न्यासी | sarva-sankalpa-sannyasi | renunciant of all sankalpas (result-charged intentions) |
| तदा | tada | then, at that time |
| यदा | yadā | when / at the time when |
| हि | hi | for / indeed (causal) |
| न | na | not (not attached to sense objects or actions) |
| कर्मसु | karmasv | in actions / to actions (not clinging) |
| योगारूढः | yogārūḍhaḥ | established in yoga / has attained yoga |
| उच्यते | ucyate | is said / is declared (to be established in yoga) |