Bhagavad Gita 5.6संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः।योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति ॥
sannyāsas tu mahā-bāho duḥkham āptum ayogataḥ
yoga-yukto munir brahma na chireṇādhigachchhati
Sanskrit recitation
Renounce the clinging, not the work · 5.1–5.12 · Teaching
Translation
But, O mighty-armed Arjuna, renunciation is hard to attain without Yoga; the sage who is in harmony with Yoga quickly goes to Brahman.
Hindi translation
परन्तु हे महाबाहो ! कर्मयोगके बिना संन्यास सिद्ध होना कठिन है। मननशील कर्मयोगी शीघ्र ही ब्रह्मको प्राप्त हो जाता है।
Meaning
Muni is one who does Manana (meditation or reflection). Yoga is performance of action without selfish motive as an offering unto the Lord.Brahman here signifies renunciation or Sannyasa because renunciation consists in the knowledge of the Self. A Muni, the sage of meditation, the Yogaharmonised, i.e., purified by the performance of action, quickly attains Brahman, the true renunciation which is devotion to the knowledge of the Self. Therefore Karma Yoga is better. It is easy for a beginner. It prepares him for the higher Yoga by purifying his mind.
After Swami Sivananda
Renounce the clinging, not the work· 5.1–5.12→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 5.1Arjuna said, "O Krishna, you praise renunciation of actions and also yoga. Please tell me…
- 5.2The Blessed Lord said, "Renunciation and the Yoga of action both lead to the highest…
- 5.3He should be known as a perpetual Sannyasi who neither hates nor desires; for, free from…
- 5.4Children, not the wise, speak of knowledge and the Yoga of action, or the performance of…
- 5.5That place which is reached by the Sankhyas or the Jnanis is also reached by the Yogis…
5.6But, O mighty-armed Arjuna, renunciation is hard to attain without Yoga; the sage who is…
- 5.7He who is devoted to the path of action, whose mind is pure, who has conquered the self,…
- 5.8I do nothing at all," thus would the harmonized knower of Truth think, seeing, hearing,…
- 5.9Speaking, letting go, seizing, opening, and closing the eyes, one should be convinced that…
- 5.10He who does actions, offering them to Brahman and abandoning attachment, is not tainted by…
- 5.11Yogis, having abandoned attachment, perform actions only through the body, mind,…
- 5.12The one who is united (the well-poised or harmonized) having abandoned the fruit of action…
Word-by-word→
- tu
- but
- brahma
- Brahman
- āptum
- attains
- muniḥ
- a sage
- duḥkham
- distress
- ayogataḥ
- without karm yog
- mahā-bāho
- mighty-armed one
- sanyāsaḥ
- renunciation
- na chireṇa
- quickly
- yoga-yuktaḥ
- one who is adept in karm yog
- adhigachchhati
- goes
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