अर्जुन उवाच | संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि | यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम् ||५-१||
arjuna uvāca . saṃnyāsaṃ karmaṇāṃ kṛṣṇa punaryogaṃ ca śaṃsasi . yacchreya etayorekaṃ tanme brūhi suniścitam ||5-1||
- arjunaḥ uvāca
- Arjuna said
- sannyāsam
- renunciation
- karmaṇām
- of all activities
- kṛṣṇa
- O Kṛṣṇa
- punaḥ
- again
- yogam
- devotional service
- ca
- also
- śaṁsasi
- You are praising
- yat
- which
- śreyaḥ
- is more beneficial
- etayoḥ
- of these two
- ekam
- one
- tat
- that
- me
- unto me
- brūhi
- please tell
- su-niścitam
- definitely
Arjuna said: O Kṛṣṇa, first of all You ask me to renounce work, and then again You recommend work with devotion. Now will You kindly tell me definitely which of the two is more beneficial?