Chapter 5, Verse 1
अर्जुन उवाच संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि। यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्िचतम्।।5.1।।
arjuna uvāca saṃnyāsaṃ karmaṇāṃ kṛṣṇa punaryogaṃ ca śaṃsasi. yacchreya etayorekaṃ tanme brūhi suniścitam.।5.1।।
Word by word
- अर्जुनः उवाच
- Arjuna said
- संन्यासम्
- renunciation
- कर्मणाम्
- of actions
- कृष्ण
- O Krishna
- पुनः
- again
- योगम्
- (the path of) yoga (disciplined action)
- च
- and
- शंससि
- you praise/recommend
- यत्
- which
- श्रेयः
- more beneficial/better
- एतयोः
- of these two
- एकम्
- one
- तत्
- that
- मे
- to me
- ब्रूहि
- tell
- सुनिश्चितम्
- definitely/clearly ascertained
Commentary
Renunciation of actions, O Knsh^a, Thou praisest, and again Yoga. Tell me conclusively that which is the better of the two.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अर्जुनः उवाच
संन्यासम्
कर्मणाम्
कृष्ण
पुनः
योगम्
च
शंससि
यत्
श्रेयः
एतयोः
एकम्
तत्
मे
ब्रूहि
सुनिश्चितम्
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