Bhagavad gita 5.1

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Sri:

Sri Lakshminrisimha Parabrahmane Namaha

Sri Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Nigamantha Mahadesikaya Namaha

Sri Lakshminrisimha divya pAdukA sEvaka SrIvaN-

SatakOpa SrI nArAyaNa yateendra mahAdESiKAya namaha

 

SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA

- translation by Sri.V.N.Gopala Desikan

 

Chapter V

slOkA 1

 

Arjuna uvAcha :

sannyAsam karmanAm krishna punar yOgam cha shamsasi

yach chrEya etayor ekam tan me brUhi sunishchitam

 

Translation:

ArjunA said : KrishnA, You praise giving up of works

and again karma yOga also. Between those tell me that

one which has been well decided as superior.

 

Commentary :

ArjunA : KrishnA , You mentioned (in the second chapter)

that karma yOgA should be first practised by a person.

After his mind is cleared of impurities, by performing

karma yOgA, then he should realise the soul, be

performing jnAna yOgA.

But (in the third and fourth chapters) , you

praise karma yOgA and say that , even if a person is

qualified for jnAna yOgA, it is bettr for him to do

karma yOgA; and that karma yOgA can directly enable a

person to realise the soul.

Now, please tell me clearly, which is easier to

perform, between karma yOgA and jnana yOgA; and which

is quicker in yielding results ( of realising the soul).

 

adiyEn,

senthil

 

(Courtesy : Sir Visishtadvaita Research Centre)