Bhagavad Gītā 18.11

न हि देहभृता शक्यं त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषत: ।
यस्तु कर्मफलत्यागी स त्यागीत्यभिधीयते ।।११।।

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Sanskrit	Analysis (Sandhi Removed)
न हि देहभृता शक्यं na hi dehabhṛtā śakyaṃ	na - Not hi - Certainly deha (m. stem) - Body bhṛtā (n. sg. inst.) - By he who bears dehabhṛtā (n. sg. inst.) - By an embodied being śakyam (n. sg. nom. adj.) - Able, capable
त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषत: tyaktuṃ karmāṇyaśeṣataḥ	tyaktum (infinitive of √tyaj [1P]) - To abandon karmāṇi (n. pl. acc.) - Actions aśeṣataḥ (adv.) - Without remainder, entirely
यस्तु कर्मफलत्यागी yastu karmaphalatyāgī	yaḥ (m. sg. nom.) - Who karma (n. stem) - Action phala (n. stem) - Fruit tyāgī (m. sg. nom.) - Renouncer karmaphalatyāgī (m. sg. nom.) - Renouncer of the fruit of action
स त्यागीत्यभिधीयते sa tyāgītyabhidhīyate	saḥ (m. sg. nom.) - He tyāgī (m. sg. nom.) - Renouncer iti - Thus abhidhīyate (3sg. pres. pass. abhi + √dhā [3P]) - Is called

Certainly an embodied being cannot abandon action entirely. He who abandons the fruit of action however is called a man of renunciation.

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