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Chapter 5: Karma Sannyasa Yoga

कर्मसंन्यासयोग

The Yoga of Renunciation

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Chapter 5, Verse 1

अध्याय 5, श्लोक 1

श्लोक (Shlok)

अर्जुन उवाच संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि। यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्िचतम्।।5.1।।

arjuna uvāca sannyāsaṁ karmaṇāṁ kṛṣṇa punar yogaṁ ca śaṁsasi yac chreya etayor ekaṁ tan me brūhi su-niścitam

Translation

Arjuna said: O Kṛṣṇa, first of all You ask me to renounce work, and then again You recommend work with devotion. Now will You kindly tell me definitely which of the two is more beneficial?

Word by Word Meaning

संन्यासम्

renunciation

कर्मणाम्

of actions

कृष्ण

O Krishna

पुनः

again

योगम्

Yoga

and

शंससि

(Thou) praisest

यत्

which

श्रेयः

better

एतयोः

of these two

एकम्

one

तत्

that

मे

to me

ब्रूहि

tell

सुनिश्चितम्

conclusively