Bhagavad Gita
Karma-sannyasa-yoga (The Yoga of Renunciation of Material Action)5.6
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Bhagavad Gita · 5.6
Devanāgarī

संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः ।
योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

saṁnyāsas tu mahābāho duḥkham āptum ayogataḥ |
yogayukto munir brahma nacireṇādhigacchati ||

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SanskritIASTMeaning
संन्यासः तुsaṁnyāsaḥ tubut renunciation [of action].
महाबाहोmahā-bāhoO mighty-armed one!
दुःखम्duḥkhamto suffering, to sorrow.
आप्तुम्āptumleads to, is attained.
अयोगतःayogataḥwithout yoga (without karma-yoga).
योगयुक्तःyoga-yuktaḥone engaged in yoga (karma-yoga).
मुनिःmuniḥthe sage.
ब्रह्मbrahmaBrahman, the Supreme.
नचिरेणna-acireṇawithout delay, very soon.
अधिगच्छतिadhigacchatihe attains.
Translation

“O mighty-armed one, renunciation of action without karma-yoga leads only to suffering. But the sage engaged in karma-yoga attains the Supreme without delay.”

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