Word meanings
- yadā
- when
- hi
- certainly
- na
- not
- indriya-artheṣu
- for sense-objects
- na
- not
- karmasu
- to actions
- anuṣajjate
- is attachment
- sarva-saṅkalpa
- all desires for the fruits of actions
- sanyāsī
- renouncer
- yoga-ārūḍhaḥ
- elevated in the science of Yog
- tadā
- at that time
- ucyate
- is said
Translations
When a person is not attached to the sense-objects or to actions, having renounced all thoughts, then they are said to have attained Yoga.
When a man renounces even the thought of initiating action, and is not interested in sense objects or any results that may flow from his acts, then he truly understands spirituality.
Verily, when a man who has given up thought about everything does not get attached to sense-objects or actions, he is then said to be established in Yoga.
जिस समय न इन्द्रियोंके भोगोंमें तथा न कर्मोंमें ही आसक्त होता है, उस समय वह सम्पूर्ण संकल्पोंका त्यागी मनुष्य योगारूढ़ कहा जाता है।Commentary
Yogarudha he who is enthroned or established in Yoga. When a Yogi, by keeping the mind ite steady, by withdrawing it from the objects of the senses, has attachment neither for sensual objects such as sound, nor for the actions (Karmas? Cf. notes to V.13), knowing that they are of no use to him when he has renounced all thoughts which generate various sorts of desires for the objects of this world and of the next, then he is said to have become a Yogarudha. Do not think of senseobjects.
The desires will die by themselves. How can you free yourself from thinking of the objects Think of God or the Self. Then you can avoid thinking of the objects. Then you can free yourself from thinking of the objects of the senses. Renunciation of thoughts implies that all desires and all actions should be renounced, because all desires are born of thoughts. You think first and then act (strive) afterwards to possess the objects of your desire for enjoyment. Whatever a man desires, that he wills.
And whatever he wills, that he does. -- Brihadaranyaka Upanishad? 4.4.5Renunciation of all actions necessarily follows from the renunciation of all desires.O desire I know where thy root lies. Thou art born of Sankalpa (thought). I will not think of thee and thou shalt cease to exist along with the root. -- Mahabharata? Santi Parva? 177.25Indeed desire is born of thought (Sankalpa), and of thought? Yajnas are born. -- Manu Smriti? II.2