Chapter 6: Dhyana Yoga, verse 4
यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते।
सर्वसङ्कल्पसंन्यासी योगारूढस्तदोच्यते ॥
Say ityadā hi nendriyārtheṣhu na karmasv-anuṣhajjate
sarva-saṅkalpa-sannyāsī yogārūḍhas tadochyate
Translation
When a person is not attached to the sense-objects or to actions, having renounced all thoughts, then they are said to have attained Yoga.
Swami Sivananda
Verily, when a man who has given up thought about everything does not get attached to sense-objects or actions, he is then said to be established in Yoga.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
For, when one loses attachment to the things of the senses and to actions, then they have abandoned all desires and are said to have climbed the heights of Yoga.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
When a person indulges neither in what is desired by the senses nor in the actions for it, then, being a man who has renounced all intentions, he is said to have mounted on the path of Yoga.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
When a man renounces even the thought of initiating action, and is not interested in sense objects or any results that may flow from his acts, then he truly understands spirituality.
Shri Purohit Swami
जिस समय न इन्द्रियोंके भोगोंमें तथा न कर्मोंमें ही आसक्त होता है, उस समय वह सम्पूर्ण संकल्पोंका त्यागी मनुष्य योगारूढ़ कहा जाता है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
जब (साधक) न इन्द्रियों के विषयों में और न कर्मों में आसक्त होता है तब सर्व संकल्पों के संन्यासी को योगारूढ़ कहा जाता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.