3. For a devotee who wishes to attain to Yoga, action is said to be the means. For the same (devotee), when he has attained to Yoga, quiescence (jama) is said to be the means.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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• for one who desires to ascend/climb (to yoga)
• for the sage/muni
• to yoga (union, discipline)
• action, work
• the means/cause
• is said to be
• of one who has ascended/attained to yoga
• of that (person)
• indeed, alone
• tranquility, cessation (of action)
• the means/cause
• is said to be