Karma Sannyāsa Yoga

5.6

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Sanskrit · Devanagari

संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः। योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति ॥

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saṃnyāsastu mahābāho duḥkhamāptumayogataḥ yogayukto munirbrahma nacireṇādhigacchati

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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882
Renunciation, O you of mighty arms! is difficult to reach without devotion the sage possessed of devotion attains Brahman without delay.

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Commentary · Sanskrit

Śaṅkarācārya

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।।5.6।। संन्यासस्तु पारमार्थिकः हे महाबाहो दुःखम् आप्तुं प्राप्तुम् अयोगतः योगेन विना। योगयुक्तः वैदिकेन कर्मयोगेन ईश्वरसमर्पितरूपेण फलनिरपेक्षेण युक्तः मुनिः मननात् ईश्वरस्वरूपस्य मुनिः ब्रह्म परमात्मज्ञाननिष्ठालक्षणत्वात् प्रकृतः संन्यासः ब्रह्म उच्यते न्यास इति ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मा हि परः (ना0 उ0 2.78) इति श्रुतेः ब्रह्म परमार्थसंन्यासं परमार्थज्ञाननिष्ठालक्षणं न चिरेण क्षिप्रमेव अधिगच्छति प्राप्नोति। अतः मया उक्तम् कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते इति।।यदा पुनः अयं सम्यग्ज्ञानप्राप्त्युपायत्वेन

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Translation · English

Rāmānuja

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5.6 Renunciation, i.e., Jnana Yoga, cannot be attained without Yoga, i.e., Karma Yoga. A person following Yoga, i.e., following Karma Yoga, being himself a Muni, i.e., one engaged in the contemplation of self, after practising Karma Yoga reaches with ease the Brahman i.e., attains the self soon, i.e., in a short time. But one following Jnana Yoga by itself, completes Jnana Yoga with great difficulty only. On account of this great difficulty, he attains the self after a long period only.

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Swami Sivananda

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5.6 संन्यासः renunciation? तु but? महाबाहो O mightyarmed? दुःखम् hard? आप्तुम् to attain? अयोगतः without Yoga? योगयुक्तः Yogaharmonised? मुनिः Muni? ब्रह्म to Brahman? नचिरेण ickly? अधिगच्छति goes.Commentary Muni is one who does Manana (meditation or reflection). Yoga is performance of action without selfish motive as an offering unto the Lord.Brahman here signifies renunciation or Sannyasa because renunciation consists in the knowledge of the Self. A Muni? the sage of meditation? the Yogaharmonised? i.e.? purified by the performance of action? ickly attains Brahman? the true renunciation which is devotion to the knowledge of the Self. Therefore Karma Yoga is better. It is easy for a beginner. It prepares him for the higher Yoga by purifying his mind.

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