Chapter 5: Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Yoga of Inner Renunciation: Verse 2
श्रीभगवानुवाच।
सन्न्यास: कर्मयोगश्च नि:श्रेयसकरावुभौ ।
तयोस्तु कर्मसन्न्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते ॥
śrī bhagavān-uvāca
sannyāsa: karma-yogaś-ca ni:śreyasakarāv-ubhau
tayos-tu karma-sannyāsāt-karma-yogo viśiṣyate – 5.2
Lord Krishna said: Both renunciation and yoga bring about ni:śreyas (supreme felicity). But, of the two, Karma-yoga excels karma-relinquishment.
Chapter 5: Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Yoga of Inner Renunciation - Verse 2
Ma Gurupriya
Krishna is brief, but specific. Whether it is sannyāsa, renunciation, or pursuit of karma with yoga attitude, it leads to spiritual felicity, the inner goal that crowns human life. As the objective is the same in both cases, can one be superior to the other?
Attitude and aim alone shape and distinguish actions. Otherwise actions are but movements of our limbs. As the body and the senses are inert, their movements cannot mean or bring any inner conscious outcome. Sentience belongs to the inner personality. Mind and intelligence are the ones to display it.
Judged on the basis of attitude and aim, the paths of yoga and sannyāsa are not different. In yoga, selfishness is sacrificed. In sanny¡sa, possessiveness and ego are renounced. Both yield the same placidity, poise.
