True renunciation means dedicating every resource—not rejecting it—entirely to Krishna's service.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: [kīrtana] [prema-dhvani] Gaura-Premanandi. Hari Haribol. Thank you very much... [break] [41:08] jñeyaḥ sa nitya-sannyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāìkṣati nirdvandvo hi mahā-bāho sukhaṃ bandhāt pramucyate [Bg 5.3] [One who neither hates nor desires the fruits of his activities is known to be always renounced. Such a person, liberated from all dualities, easily overcomes material bondage and is completely liberated, O mighty-armed Arjuna.] Jñeyeḥ, "Just understand," sa. Sa means he. Who? Nitya-sannyāsī: "That person is always in renounced order, not by dress, but by action.
Always in renounced order," yo na dveṣṭi na kāìkṣati, "that person who does not hate, neither desires." Nitya-sannyāsī. The renounced order means that I renounce my material propensities. That is called renunciation. A living entity is living.
He has got his different propensities. That is his natural position. If I say that "You don't desire," no, that is not possible. I cannot desire, I don't desire...
If I am desireless, then I am dead. What is my life? Desire... Somebody says that "You become desireless." That is an impossible, sir.
Desireless means don't desire materially. That is desireless. So a person who has renounced everything for service of the Lord: sannyāsī. Sannyāsī means sat-nyāsī. Sat means the supreme eternal, and nyāsī means renounced.
So sannyāsī... He is a sannyāsī who has renounced everything for the sake of the Lord. He's called sannyāsī. And he has no hatred for anything, because in his vision everything is meant for the service of the Lord.
So therefore he cannot hate anything. Sometimes it is advertised that "Such-and-such saint, he does not touch money. He does not touch money. When money is offered to him, his hand becomes turned." But a Bhagavad-gītā does not say that. Bhagavad-gītā does not say that "Because money is offered to you, therefore you shall turn your hand." Yes.