यस्तु कर्मफलत्यागी स त्यागीत्यभिधीयते ॥ ११ ॥
na hi dehabhṛtā śakyaṃ tyaktuṃ karmāṇyaśeṣataḥ .
yastu karmaphalatyāgī sa tyāgītyabhidhīyate .. 11 ..
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An embodied being: a body-wearer, i.e., he who identifies himself with the body. No man or discrimination can be called a body-wearer, for it has been pointed out (ii. 21, etc.) that such a man does not concern himself (in actions) as their agent. So the meaning is: it is not possible for an ignorant man to abandon actions completely. When an ignorant man who is qualified for action performs obligatory works, abandoning merely the desire for the fruits of his actions, he is said to be an abandoner (tyagin) though he is a performer of works. This—the title “abandoner,”—is applied to him for courtesy’s sake. Accordingly, the abandonment of all actions is possible for him alone who, realising the Supreme Reality, is not a ‘body-wearer’ i.e., does not regard the body as the Self.
Effects of the true Renunciation after Death.
Now, what is the benefit which accrues from the abandonment of all actions?—The Lord says: