Bhagavad Gita 6.1
अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः। स संन्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः॥
śhrī bhagavān uvācha anāśhritaḥ karma-phalaṁ kāryaṁ karma karoti yaḥ sa sannyāsī cha yogī cha na niragnir na chākriyaḥ
Translation
The Blessed Lord said: He that performeth such action as his duty, independently of the fruit of action, he is an ascetic, he is a Yogî, not he that is without fire, and without rites.
What it means
One who does obligated work without depending on its fruit is the true renouncer and the true yogi, not the one who merely gives up fire and ritual. Renunciation is relocated from the altar to the motive.
Try this today
Renunciation redefined again: it is a motive, not a costume. The disengaged person may be neither holy nor disciplined.
Something to reflect on
Do I measure renunciation by what someone gave up or by what they still grasp?
Read it in Yathora