अर्जुन उवाच | संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि | यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम् ||५-१||
arjuna uvāca . saṃnyāsaṃ karmaṇāṃ kṛṣṇa punaryogaṃ ca śaṃsasi . yacchreya etayorekaṃ tanme brūhi suniścitam ||5-1||
Chapter 5 · Verse 1
Karma Sannyasa Yoga
कर्मसंन्यासयोग
In plain words
Thou teachest renunciation of actions and also their performance. This has confused me. Tell decisively now which is better.
Translation
5.1 Arjuna said You praise, O Krsna, the renunciation of actions and then praise Karma Yoga also. Tell me with certainly which of these is the superior one leading to the ultimate good.
Meaning
Thou teachest renunciation of actions and also their performance. This has confused me. Tell decisively now which is better. It is not possible for a man to resort to both of them at the same time. Yoga here means Karma Yoga. (Cf. III.2)
Word by word
संन्यासम् renunciation कर्मणाम् of actions कृष्ण O Krishna पुनः again योगम् Yoga च and शंससि (Thou) praisest यत् which श्रेयः better एतयोः of these two एकम् one तत् that मे to me ब्रूहि tell सुनिश्चितम् conclusively.