Sanskrit · Devanagari
तपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः। कर्मिभ्यश्चाधिको योगी तस्माद्योगी भवार्जुन ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
tapasvibhyo.adhiko yogī jñānibhyo.api mato.adhikaḥ karmibhyaścādhiko yogī tasmādyogī bhavārjuna
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882The devotee is esteemed higher than the performers of penances, higher even than the men of knowledge, and the devotee is higher than the men of action therefore
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।6.46।। तपस्विभ्यः अधिकः योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि ज्ञानमत्र शास्त्रार्थपाण्डित्यम् तद्वद्भ्योऽपि मतः ज्ञातः अधिकः श्रेष्ठः इति। कर्मिभ्यः अग्निहोत्रादि कर्म तद्वद्भ्यः अधिकः योगी विशिष्टः यस्मात् तस्मात् योगी भव अर्जुन।।
d864e3d1d3bb…Rāmānuja
6.46 Whatever end of human endeavour is attained by mere austerity, by knowledge of different subjects (i.e., different from experience of the self) and by mere rituals like the horse-sacrifice etc., greater than all these is the end achieved through Yoga. Conseently the Yogin is superior to those who practise austerity, to those who possess learning and to those who perform rituals. Therefore, O Arjuna, become a Yogin. Thus, so far the vision of the self, which has been expounded in the teaching of Prajapati as forming a part of supreme Vidya, has been taught; then Sri Krsna extols that supreme Vidya:
38bb8d277b26…Swami Sivananda
6.46 तपस्विभ्यः than ascetics? अधिकः superior? योगी the Yogi? ज्ञानिभ्यः than the wise? अपि even? मतः thought? अधिकः superior? कर्मिभ्यः than the men of action? च and? अधिकः superior? योगी the Yogi? तस्मात् therefore? योगी a Yogi? भव be? अर्जुन O Arjuna.Commentary Tapasvi One who observes the austerities of speech? mind and body prescribed in chapter XVII. 14? 15 and 16.Jnani One who has a knowledge of the scriptures (an indirect knowledge or theoretical knowledge of the Self).Karmi He who performs the Vedic rituals.To all these the Yogi is superior? for he has the direct knowledge of the Self through intuition or direct cognition through Nirvikalpa Samadhi. (Cf.V.2XII.12XIII.24)
4b8effbbd826…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.