Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 - Sanyasa Yoga - Sloka 1

The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.

Karma Yoga is Karma Sanyasa - 1-13

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 5 -Sanyasa Yoga - Sloka 1

Vrindavan Iskcon Krishna

Arjuna Uvacha

Sanyasam karmanam krishna punah yogam cha shamsasi I

Yachchreyah etayoh ekam  tat me bruhi sunischitam  II sloka 1

संयासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनः योगं च शंससि ।

यच्छ्रेयः एतयोः एकं तत् मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितं ।। श्लोक १

Arjuna said

Renunciation of action, O Krishna, you commend, and again in performance. Of the two, which one is the better? Tell me that conclusively.

In verses 18-19,21, 24, 32, 33, 37 & 41 the Lord advocated the renunciation of action. But in the last verse the same chapter he commended the performance of action. Two conflicting courses cannot be adopted simultaneously. Hence Arjuna raises this doubt.