Bhagavad Gita 18.11
न हि देहभृता शक्यं त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषतः।यस्तु कर्मफलत्यागी स त्यागीत्यभिधीयते॥
na hi deha-bhṛitā śhakyaṁ tyaktuṁ karmāṇy aśheṣhataḥ yas tu karma-phala-tyāgī sa tyāgīty abhidhīyate
Translation
Nor indeed can embodied beings completely relinquish action; verily he who relinquisheth the fruit of action, he is said to be a relinquisher.
What it means
No embodied being can abandon action entirely; one who abandons the fruit of action is called the true relinquisher. The realistic definition closes the debate. Since stopping is impossible, release the results instead.
Try this today
The realistic redefinition once more: total inaction is impossible for the living - so renunciation targets the fruit, not the act.
Something to reflect on
Since total inaction is impossible, what does my version of renunciation actually target?
Read it in Yathora