True renunciation means engaging all activities in Krishna consciousness, not artificially rejecting the world.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: [aside:] Raymond that light. [indistinct] No. yoga-yukto viśuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ sarva-bhūtātma-bhūtātmā kurvann api na lipyate [Bg 5.7] [One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who controls his mind and senses, is dear to everyone, and everyone is dear to him. Though always working, such a man is never entangled.] Detachment. sannyāsas tu mahā-bāho duḥkham āptum ayogataḥ yoga-yukto munir brahma na cireṇādhigacchati [Bg 5.6] [Unless one is engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, mere renunciation of activities cannot make one happy. The sages, purified by works of devotion, achieve the Supreme without delay.] This verse we have been discussing, that sannyāsa, renouncement.
Renouncement of this world not by artificial dress, but actually renouncement is described herein that yoga-yuktaḥ. Yoga-yuktaḥ. That means we have to stay in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Then we can renounce.
Otherwise it is not possible. Otherwise it is not possible. I... If I am to vacate this room, then I must have some other room to stay there; otherwise it is not possible for me to leave this room. That is the nature of living entities.
They want some engagement. They want some engagement. Simple negative consideration, that "I want to detach," that will not make me happy. I must have some attachment also.
I detach from this place by attach myself to that place. Because I am eternal. I am eternal living entity. My symptom is eternity.
Not that I detach and end myself. No. I continue to exist. So without attachment we cannot actually be detached from this material world. So, sannyāsas tu mahā-bāho.
Artificially I detach myself, renounce this world, then Kṛṣṇa says, duḥkham āptum ayogataḥ. If there is no engagement, good engagement, better engagement, then it is a cause of misery. It is a cause of misery. It is very difficult.