5.2
Chapter 5, Verse 2
श्री भगवानुवाच संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ। तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते৷৷
śrī bhagavānuvāca saṅnyāsaḥ karmayōgaśca niḥśrēyasakarāvubhau. tayōstu karmasaṅnyāsātkarmayōgō viśiṣyatē৷৷
Translation
Lord Shri Krishna replied: Renunciation of action and the path of right action both lead to the highest; of the two, right action is the better.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
संन्यासः renunciation, कर्मयोगः Yoga of action, च and, निःश्रेयसकरौ leading to the highest bliss, उभौ both, तयोः of these two, तु but, कर्मसंन्यासात् than renunciation of action, कर्मयोगः Yoga of action, विशिष्यते is superior. Commentary: Sannyasa (renunciation of action) and Karma Yoga (performance of action) both lead to Moksha or liberation or the highest bliss. Though both lead to Moksha, yet of the two means of attaining to Moksha, Karma Yoga is better than mere Karma Sannyasa (renunciation of action) without the knowledge of the Self.But renunciation of actions with the knowledge of the Self is decidedly superior to Karma Yoga.Moreover, Karma Yoga is easy and is therefore suitable to all. (Cf.III.3V.5VI.46)
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.