संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः | योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति ||५-६||
saṃnyāsastu mahābāho duḥkhamāptumayogataḥ . yogayukto munirbrahma nacireṇādhigacchati ||5-6||
Chapter 5 · Verse 6
Karma Sannyasa Yoga
कर्मसंन्यासयोग
In plain words
Muni is one who does Manana (meditation or reflection). Yoga is performance of action without selfish motive as an offering unto the Lord. Brahman here signifies renunciation or Sannyasa because renunciation consists in the knowledge of the Self.
Translation
5.6 But renunciation, O mighty-armed, is hard to attain without (following) Yoga. The contemplating sage who follows Yoga reaches the Brahman (the self or Atman) soon.
Meaning
Muni is one who does Manana (meditation or reflection). Yoga is performance of action without selfish motive as an offering unto the Lord. Brahman here signifies renunciation or Sannyasa because renunciation consists in the knowledge of the Self. A Muni the sage of meditation the Yogaharmonised i.e. purified by the performance of action ickly attains Brahman the true renunciation which is devotion to the knowledge of the Self. Therefore Karma Yoga is better. It is easy for a beginner. It prepares him for the higher Yoga by purifying his mind.
Word by word
संन्यासः renunciation तु but महाबाहो O mightyarmed दुःखम् hard आप्तुम् to attain अयोगतः without Yoga योगयुक्तः Yogaharmonised मुनिः Muni ब्रह्म to Brahman नचिरेण ickly अधिगच्छति goes.