Sannyasa in the Bhagavad Gita
Sannyasa is renunciation; in 6.1 Krishna calls a sannyasi the one who does his duty without depending on its fruit.
Verses across the Gita that speak to sannyasa, drawn from all chapters and ordered by where they appear.
- 3.4Ch. 3
Freedom is not found by escaping action, but by changing your relation to it.
You can stop running without becoming free. What matters is the inner way you act, not just whether you act at all.
- 5.2Ch. 5
Renunciation matures when action continues without grasping.
You do not have to escape life to grow. Doing your duty cleanly can be the higher way.
- 5.24Ch. 5
Inner fulfillment makes freedom possible right now.
You can stop bargaining with the world when inner contentment becomes enough.
- 6.1Ch. 6
Renunciation means acting without needing to own the result.
Do what must be done and stop leaning on the result.
- 6.2Ch. 6
Yoga begins when the mind stops clutching its own agenda.
Letting go of your fixed plans for how things must go is real renunciation.
- 18.1Ch. 18
Clear seeing begins with asking what must be separated.
Real clarity begins by asking the right distinction.
- 18.2Ch. 18
Renunciation means releasing both craving and attachment to results.
Freedom begins when you stop clinging to what action might bring you.
- 18.3Ch. 18
Renunciation is not simple refusal; some actions must remain.
Not all renunciation is the same. The real question is what should be released and what must continue.
- 18.4Ch. 18
Renunciation is not one thing; it has distinct forms.
Clarity replaces confusion when a hard choice is named carefully.
- 18.11Ch. 18
Freedom begins when action continues and attachment stops.
You cannot stop acting while you have a body, so drop the grip on results.
- 18.12Ch. 18
The chain of action ends when desire for its fruit ends.
Clinging to results keeps your actions coming back to you; letting go ends that chain.
- 18.49Ch. 18
Freedom arrives when the mind stops reaching outward.
Freedom from binding action comes when the mind stops grasping and is under your control.