True renunciation means offering all work's results to Krishna, not rejecting work itself.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Departure Address — July 25, 1974, New York 740725DP-NEW YORK [14:22 Minutes] Departure_740725DP-NEW YORK Prabhupāda: Karma karoti sa sannyāsī [Bg. 6.1]. The mission of sannyāsī is given in the Bhagavad-gītā. Karmī. Karmī means he works, and he wants to enjoy the fruit.
That is karmī. But Bhagavān, Kṛṣṇa, said, anāśritaḥ karma-phalaṁ [Bg. 6.1]: one who does not take the result of karma... Suppose you are a businessman. So you are working very hard, earning $50,000.
If you don’t take that, then you are sannyāsī. Anāśritaḥ karma-phalaṁ, kāryaṁ: it is my duty. So if he does not take the result of karma, who will take? Kṛṣṇa said, kuruṣva tat mad-arpaṇa: "Give Me." [laughter] Kuruṣva tat mad-arpaṇam.
Yat karoṣi, yaj juhoṣi, yad aśnāsi, yat tapasyasi kuruṣva [Bg. 9.27]. This is life. You read Eighteenth Chapter, very nice verse. To give up the karma phalaṁ, the result of your work, to Kṛṣṇa—that is real sannyāsa; that is real renunciation.
[aside to devotee:] So you try to impress on that way. You have got [indistinct] at Los Angeles, and uncover [indistinct] you can see? Send directly to Bali-mardana. Devotee: He gave me the address... Prabhupāda: No, you can leave the check here. Devotee (1): [indistinct] Prabhupāda: Whatever detail can be sent. Just like we are traveling, we require thousands and thousands of dollars.
Why shall I neglect? You cannot... If I do not want to spend money for airplane, how could I come to your country? So money is required.
Money is not bad. Money, if it is spent for Kṛṣṇa, then it is Lakṣmī, real Lakṣmī, as lakṣmī sahasra-śata sambrahma-sev... [Bs. 5.29]. Laksmi’s business is to stay engaged in Kṛṣṇa’s service.