Verse 5.1

संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि ।

यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम् ॥

5.1

Transliteration

saṃnyāsaṃ karmaṇāṃ kṛṣṇa punaryogaṃ ca śaṃsasi |

yacchreya etayorekaṃ tanme brūhi suniścitam ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

Arjuna said Renunciation of actions, O Krishna, Thou praisest, and again Yoga. Tell me conclusively that which is the better of the two.

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Word by word

renunciation
of actions
O Krishna
and again
yoga of action
and
you praise

which
better
of these two
the one
that
to me
tell
decisively

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

The fifth chapter opens with Arjuna's renewed confusion. At the close of the previous chapter, Krishna spoke of renouncing action through yoga and also urged him to rise and act. To Arjuna these sound like two different paths: sannyāsa, renunciation of action, and karmayoga, the yoga of action. He asks once more for a clear verdict on which is better. The question echoes the one that opened the third chapter, showing how hard it is to grasp that inner renunciation and outer action can belong together.