Bhagavad Gita 6.2
यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव । न ह्यसंन्यस्तसंकल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन ॥
yaṃ sannyāsam iti prāhur yogaṃ taṃ viddhi pāṇḍava | na hy asannyasta-saṅkalpo yogī bhavati kaścana ||
Translation
Know that what they call renunciation is yoga, O son of Pandu; for no one becomes a yogi who has not given up selfish purpose.
Reflection
What private plan has been running underneath your day that you could quietly set down right now?
Read this verse in its chapter: Chapter Six
The two words pull apart in everyday speech and Krishna pushes them back together. Renunciation and yoga look like opposites, one a turning away and one a holding on, but inside they are the same act. Both turn on letting go of the small plans the mind keeps spinning. The schemes for how this should go, the rehearsals of credit and rebuke, the inner ledger of what is owed. None of those go quiet by themselves. The yogi has put them down by choice. Until that work is done, no posture and no robe will do it for him.