nahi dehabhṛtā śakyaṃ tyaktuṃ karmāṇyaśeṣataḥ |
yastu karmaphalatyāgī sa tyāgītyabhidhīyate ||
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— for it is not possible for an embodied being; — to abandon actions entirely; — but he who relinquishes the fruit of action; — he is called a relinquisher
For it is not possible for an embodied being to abandon actions entirely; but he who relinquishes the fruit of action is called a relinquisher.