BG 5.2
श्रीभगवानुवाच
सन्न्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ ।
तयोस्तु कर्मसन्न्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते ॥
सन्न्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ ।
तयोस्तु कर्मसन्न्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
sannyāsaḥ karma-yogaś ca niḥśreyasa-karāv ubhau
tayos tu karma-sannyāsāt karma-yogo viśiṣyate
sannyāsaḥ karma-yogaś ca niḥśreyasa-karāv ubhau
tayos tu karma-sannyāsāt karma-yogo viśiṣyate
Word-for-word meanings
śrī-bhagavān uvāca — Śrī Bhagavān said; ubhau — both; sannyāsaḥ — the renunciation of action; ca — and; karma-yogaḥ — the yoga of selfless action; niḥśreyasa-karau — lead to ultimate welfare; tu — but; tayoḥ — of the two; karma-yogaḥ — the yoga of selfless action; viśiṣyate — is superior; karma-sannyāsāt — to the renunciation of action.
Translation
Śrī Bhagavān said: Both the renunciation of action and the yoga of selfless action lead to ultimate welfare, but of the two, the yoga of selfless action is superior to the renunciation of action.