Chapter 6 opens with Krishna completely redefining the traditional image of a monk or mystic. He declares: A person who performs their obligated or required duty (kāryaṃ karma karoti yaḥ) while remaining completely independent of and unattached to the fruit of that action (anāśritaḥ karma-phalaṃ) is the true renunciate (sa sannyāsī) and the true mystic (ca yogī). It is absolutely not (na) the person who refuses to light the sacred fire (niragnir) or the person who performs no physical activities (na cākriyaḥ).