Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 5.2
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 5.2 · 5 · Verse 2
Sanskrit Original
।।5.2।। संन्यासः कर्मणां परित्यागः कर्मयोगश्च तेषामनुष्ठानं तौ उभौ अपि निःश्रेयसकरौ मोक्षं कुर्वाते ज्ञानोत्पत्तिहेतुत्वेन। उभौ यद्यपि निःश्रेयसकरौ तथापि तयोस्तु निःश्रेयसहेत्वोः कर्मसंन्यासात् केवलात् कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते इति कर्मयोगं स्तौति।।कस्मात् इति आह
5.2 Ubhau, both, to be sure; sannyasah, renunciation of actions; ca, and; karma-yogah, Karma-yoga-their performance-; nihsreyasa-karau, lead to Liberation. Though both lead to Liberation by virtue of being the cause of the rise of Knowledge, even then, tayoh, between the two which are the causes of Liberation; Karma-yoga, tu, however; visisyate, excels; karma-sannyasat, over mere renunciation of actions. Thus He extols Karma-yoga. [Karma-yoga is better than renunciation of actions that is not based on Knowledge.] Why? In answer the Lord says: