Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 6.46
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 6.46 · 6 · Verse 46
Sanskrit Original
।।6.46।। तपस्विभ्यः अधिकः योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि ज्ञानमत्र शास्त्रार्थपाण्डित्यम् तद्वद्भ्योऽपि मतः ज्ञातः अधिकः श्रेष्ठः इति। कर्मिभ्यः अग्निहोत्रादि कर्म तद्वद्भ्यः अधिकः योगी विशिष्टः यस्मात् तस्मात् योगी भव अर्जुन।।
6.46 A yogi is adhikah, higher; tapasvibhyah, than men of austerity; he is matah, considered; adhikah, higher than, superior to; api, even; jnanibhyah, men of knowledge. Jnana here means scriptural learning. (A yogi is superior) to even those who possess that (learning). The yogi is adhikah, higher, greater; karmibhyah, than men of action-karma means Agnihotra etc.; (greater) than those who adhere to them. Since this is so, tasmat, therefore; O Arjuna, bhava, do you become a yogi.