yaṅ saṅnyāsamiti prāhuryōgaṅ taṅ viddhi pāṇḍava.
na hyasaṅnyastasaṅkalpō yōgī bhavati kaścana৷৷6.2৷৷
श्रीमद् भगवद्गीता
6.2 yam which, saṅnyāsam renunciation, iti thus, prāhuḥ (they) call, yōgam Yoga, tam that, viddhi know, pāṇḍava O Pandava, na not, hi verily, asaṅnyastasaṅkalpaḥ one who has not renounced thoughts, yōgī Yogi, bhavati becomes, kaścana anyone.
Commentary:
Sankalpa is the working of the imagining faculty of the mind that makes plans for the future and guesses the results of plans so formed. No one can become a Karma Yogi who plans and schemes and expects fruits for his actions. No devotee of action who has not renounced the thought of the fruits of his actions can become a Yogi of steady mind. The thought of the fruits will certainly make the mind unsteady.Lord Krishna eulogises Karma Yoga here because it is the means or an external aid (ahiranga Sadhana) to Dhyana Yoga. Karma Yoga is a stepping-stone to Dhyana Yoga. It leads to the Yoga of Meditation in due course. In order to encourage the practice of Karna Yoga it is stated here that Karma Yoga is Sannyasa. (Cf.V.4)