Sanskrit · Devanagari
अर्जुन उवाच। संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि। यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
arjuna uvāca saṃnyāsaṃ karmaṇāṃ kṛṣṇa punaryogaṃ ca śaṃsasi yacchreya etayorekaṃ tanme brūhi suniścitam
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882O Kṛṣṇa ! you praise renunciation of actions and also the pursuit (of them). Tell me determinately which one of these two is superior.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।5.1।। संन्यासं परित्यागं कर्मणां शास्त्रीयाणाम् अनुष्ठेयविशेषाणां शंससि प्रशंससि कथयसि इत्येतत्। पुनः योगं च तेषामेव अनुष्ठानम् अवश्यकर्तव्यंत्वं शंससि। अतः मे कतरत् श्रेयः इति संशयः किं कर्मानुष्ठानं श्रेयः किं वा तद्धानम् इति। प्रशस्यतरं च अनुष्ठेयम्। अतश्च यत् श्रेयः प्रशस्यतरम् एतयोः कर्मसंन्यासकर्मयोगयोः यदनुष्ठानात् श्रेयोऽवाप्तिः मम स्यादिति मन्यसे तत् एकम् अन्यतरत् सह एकपुरुषानुष्ठेयत्वासंभवात् मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम् अभिप्रेतं तवेति।।स्वाभिप्रायम् आचक्षाणो निर्णयाय श्रीभगवानुवाच
92699a6a50c2…Rāmānuja
5.1 Arjuna said 'You praise the renunciation of actions, i.e., Jnana Yoga at one time, and next Karma Yoga'. This is what is objected to: In the second chapter, you have said that Karma Yoga alone should be practised first by an aspirant for release; and that the vision of the self should be achieved by means of Jnana Yoga by one whose mind has its blemishes washed away by Karma Yoga. Again, in the third and fourth chapters, you have praised Karma Yoga or devotion to Karma as better than Jnana Yoga even for one who has attained the stage of Jnana Yoga, and that, as a means of attaining the self, it (Karma Yoga) is independent of Jnana Yoga. Therefore, of these two, Jnana Yoga and Karma Yoga - tell me precisely which by itself is superior, i.e., most excellent, being more easy to practise, and icker to confer the vision of the self.
1c2746567f45…Swami Sivananda
5.1 संन्यासम् renunciation? कर्मणाम् of actions? कृष्ण O Krishna? पुनः again? योगम् Yoga? च and? शंससि (Thou) praisest? यत् which? श्रेयः better? एतयोः of these two? एकम् one? तत् that? मे to me? ब्रूहि tell? सुनिश्चितम् conclusively.Commentary Thou teachest renunciation of actions and also their performance. This has confused me. Tell decisively now which is better. It is not possible for a man to resort to both of them at the same time. Yoga here means Karma Yoga. (Cf.III.2)
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