Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingश्री भगवानुवाच
संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ।
तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते
śhrī bhagavān uvācha
sannyāsaḥ karma-yogaśh cha niḥśhreyasa-karāvubhau
tayos tu karma-sannyāsāt karma-yogo viśhiṣhyate
Anuṣṭubh
Translation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaThe Blessed Lord said, "Both renunciation of actions and Karma-yoga lead to liberation; however, Karma-yoga excels over renunciation of actions."
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
श्रीभगवान् ने कहा -- कर्मसंन्यास और कर्मयोग ये दोनों ही परम कल्याणकारक हैं; परन्तु उन दोनों में कर्मसंन्यास से कर्मयोग श्रेष्ठ है।।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from Vaamshiiश्री भ उ
सन्न्यास% कर्म योगश् च
निश् श्रेयस करावु भौ
तयोस् तु कर्म सन् न्यासात्
कर्म योगो वि शिष्यते
॥ २ ॥
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →
Word by word
padārthaśhrī-bhagavān uvāchathe Supreme Lord said
sanyāsaḥrenunciation
karma-yogaḥworking in devotion
chaand
niḥśhreyasa-karaulead to the supreme goal
ubhauboth
tayoḥof the two
tubut
karma-sanyāsātrenunciation of actions
karma-yogaḥworking in devotion
viśhiṣhyateis superior
Themes
from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad GītāMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnA5.2Which is better — renunciation of action, or acting in yoga?
The Blessed Lord said, "Both renunciation of actions and Karma-yoga lead to liberation; however, Karma-yoga excels over renunciation of actions."
The verse itself, in Swami Gambhīrānanda's rendering, is the answer. For reasoned solutions to knotty verses, browse the Q&A index.