Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 18: Freedom through Renunciation

Bhagavad Gita 18.2

kāmyānāṃ karmaṇāṃ nyāsaṃ saṃnyāsaṃ kavayo viduḥ | sarvakarmaphalatyāgaṃ prāhustyāgaṃ vicakṣaṇāḥ ||

The sages understand renunciation as giving up actions that are prompted by desire. The discerning call the giving up of the fruit of all actions relinquishment.

Modern context

Krishna gives two definitions. Sannyasa is giving up actions done from desire. Tyaga is giving up the fruits of all actions. The second is the Gita's preferred path: not abandoning action, but abandoning the claim on what it brings. Most people cannot or should not stop working. But anyone can practise letting go of results.