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175 अध्याय-५ कर्मसंन्यासयोग
Chapter - 5 Karma Sanyasyoga
(Discussion in the previous chapters shows that there are two ways for spiritual progress one is renunciation of action (सन्यास) while the other is performance of yoga (कर्मयोग Arjuna now asks which of these two is preferable. Lord explains how each of them can lead to the eternal truth as each when property analysed and understood amount to the same thing. Lord however explains that performance of action without attachment should be preferred. During this discussion Lord Krishna propounds in shlokas 13 to 16 Sankhya and Jain philosophy of the supremacy of a pure Soul and rejection of the idea that out side authority such (as 'God' determins the course of actions which are good or bad,
॥अर्जुन उवाच ॥ संन्यासं कर्मणा कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि ।
यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम् ॥१॥ Arjuna said
Krishna, you extol renunciation of action and also the performance of action - Please tell me with certainty which one is better."-1
॥ श्रीभगवानुवाच ॥ संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ । तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते ॥ २ ॥
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