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Chapter 6.25 - Verse 4

Sanskrit Text

कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति

English Translation

Man does not attain freedom from action by not performing action. By asceticism also, he does not attain to final emancipation.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

न | कर्मन् + अनारम्भ + नैष्कर्म्य | पुरुषो | ऽश्नुते
न | च | संन्यसन + एव | सिद्धिं | समधिगच्छति