Chapter 5 Verse 1 of 29

• arjuna uvāca
• sannyāsaḿ karmaṇāḿ kṛṣṇa
• punar yogaḿ ca śaḿsasi
• yac chreya etayor ekaḿ
• tan me brūhi su-niścitam

Translation

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?

Synonyms

• uvāca

  Arjuna said

• sannyāsam

  renunciation

• karmaṇām

  of all activities

• kṛṣṇa

  O Krsna

• punaḥ

  again

• yogam

  devotional service

• ca

  also

• śaḿsasi

  You are praising

• yat

  which

• śreyaḥ

  is more beneficial

• etayoḥ

  of these two

• ekam

  one

• tat

  that

• me

  unto me

• brūhi

  please tell

• niścitam

  definitely.

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