5.6
Chapter 5, Verse 6
संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः। योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति৷৷
saṅnyāsastu mahābāhō duḥkhamāptumayōgataḥ. yōgayuktō munirbrahma nacirēṇādhigacchati৷৷
Translation
Without concentration, O Mighty Man, renunciation is difficult. But the sage who is always meditating on the Divine, before long shall attain the Absolute.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
संन्यासः renunciation, तु but, महाबाहो O mightyarmed, दुःखम् hard, आप्तुम् to attain, अयोगतः without Yoga, योगयुक्तः Yogaharmonised, मुनिः Muni, ब्रह्म to Brahman, नचिरेण ickly, अधिगच्छति goes. Commentary: 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, ickly 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.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.