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Chapter 5 · Verse 2The Yoga of Renunciation

Bhagavad Gita 5.2

BG 5.2 — Chapter 5 (The Yoga of Renunciation), Verse 2, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

श्रीभगवानुवाच | संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ | तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते ||५-२||

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śrībhagavānuvāca . saṃnyāsaḥ karmayogaśca niḥśreyasakarāvubhau . tayostu karmasaṃnyāsātkarmayogo viśiṣyate ||5-2||

Roman: shribhagavanuvaca . samnyasah karmayogashca nihshreyasakaravubhau . tayostu karmasamnyasatkarmayogo vishishyate

The Blessed Lord said Renunciation and the Yoga of action both lead to the highest bliss; but of the two, the Yoga of action is superior to the renunciation of action.