BG 2.39

एषा तेऽभिहिता साङ्ख्ये बुद्धिर्योगे त्विमां शृणु ।
बुद्ध्या युक्तो यया पार्थ कर्मबन्धं प्रहास्यसि ॥
eṣā te ’bhihitā sāṅkhye buddhir yoge tv imāṁ śṛṇu
buddhyā yukto yayā pārtha karma-bandhaṁ prahāsyasi

Word-for-word meanings

pārtha — O son of Pṛthā;  abhihitā — I have spoken;  te — to you;  eṣā — this;  buddhiḥ — wisdom;  sāṅkhye — in relation to sāṅkhya-yoga;  tu — now;  śṛṇu — hear;  imām — this;  yoge — in relation to yoga (karma-yoga);  yuktaḥ — equipped;  yayā buddhyā — with which wisdom;  prahāsyasi — you will relinquish;  karma-bandham — the shackles of karma.

Translation

O son of Pṛthā, I have spoken this wisdom to you in relation to sāṅkhya-yoga [the path of detachment based upon the discernment between the body and self]. Now hear the same in relation to karma-yoga [the path of selfless action offered to God]. Equipped with wisdom, you will be able to completely relinquish the shackles of karma.

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