Yam Sannyasamiti

Krishna addresses Arjuna directly: Paandava, what people call sannyasa — understand it as yoga. There is no gap between the two. The real meaning of sannyasa is dropping sankalpa — the inner resolves of 'I want this, I must have that.'

Someone might wear ochre robes, carry a staff, and look every bit the renunciant. But if the mind is still running a ledger of desires — what it wants, what it expects, what it feels owed — that person has not entered yoga. The outward appearance means nothing without the inward shift.

This verse is a gentle warning against spiritual performance. Yoga does not begin with costume changes. It begins when the mind stops bargaining with the future.

This verse expands on 6.1. The first shloka said that giving up attachment to results is both sannyasa and yoga. Here Krishna confirms it. Sankalpa — the web of the mind's wishes — must be abandoned before any practice can take root.

The word 'sankalpa' appears repeatedly in the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna's point is that freedom from desires is the first condition of yoga.