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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 5 · Karma Sannyāsa Yoga

Shloka 5.1

Lesson 205 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

Renunciation in action and inner freedom. What does it mean to renounce possessiveness while continuing to act?

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Shloka · Devanagari

अर्जुन उवाचसंन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि।यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम्॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

arjuna uvāchasannyāsaṁ karmaṇāṁ kṛiṣhṇa punar yogaṁ cha śhansasiyach chhreya etayor ekaṁ tan me brūhi su-niśhchitam

Sandhi-vicheda

arjunaḥ uvācha+sanyāsam+karmaṇām+kṛiṣhṇa+punaḥ+yogam+cha+śhansasi+yat+śhreyaḥ+etayoḥ+ekam+tat+me+brūhi+su-niśhchitam

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Meaning of each word

arjunaḥ uvāchasource form

Arjun said

sanyāsamsource form

renunciation

karmaṇāmsource form

of actions

kṛiṣhṇasource form

Shree Krishna

punaḥsource form

again

yogamsource form

about karm yog

chasource form

also

śhansasisource form

you praise

yatsource form

which

śhreyaḥsource form

more beneficial

etayoḥsource form

of the two

ekamsource form

one

tatsource form

that

mesource form

unto me

brūhisource form

please tell

su-niśhchitamsource form

conclusively

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।5.1।। संन्यासं परित्यागं कर्मणां शास्त्रीयाणाम् अनुष्ठेयविशेषाणां शंससि प्रशंससि कथयसि इत्येतत्। पुनः योगं च तेषामेव अनुष्ठानम् अवश्यकर्तव्यंत्वं शंससि। अतः मे कतरत् श्रेयः इति संशयः किं कर्मानुष्ठानं श्रेयः किं वा तद्धानम् इति। प्रशस्यतरं च अनुष्ठेयम्। अतश्च यत् श्रेयः प्रशस्यतरम् एतयोः कर्मसंन्यासकर्मयोगयोः यदनुष्ठानात् श्रेयोऽवाप्तिः मम स्यादिति मन्यसे तत् एकम् अन्यतरत् सह एकपुरुषानुष्ठेयत्वासंभवात् मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम् अभिप्रेतं तवेति।।स्वाभिप्रायम् आचक्षाणो निर्णयाय श्रीभगवानुवाच

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 5.1

Course position205 / 701

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