5:1  

अर्जुन उवाच
संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि ।
यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम् ॥५- १॥

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Transliteration

arjuna uwaacha

saMnyaasaM karmaNaaM kRRiShNa punaryogaM cha shaMsasi ।

yachChreya etayorekaM tanme broohi sunishchitam ॥५- १॥

Translation

Arjun said,
Renunciation of duties, O Krishna, and again yoga you extol.
But of these two the better one? That tell me with certainty.

Arjuna said,
O Krishna, you extol renunciation of duties as well as yoga. But tell me with certainty which of these two is the better one.

Translation

Arjuna said: O Krishna, You praise transcendental knowledge (the Saamkhya or Karma-Samnyasa) and also performance of unattached action, Karma-yoga. Tell me, definitely, which one is better of the two. (See also 5.05)

Translation

Arjuna said: O Krsna, 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?