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संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः। योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति।।5.6।।

sannyāsas tu mahā-bāho duḥkham āptum ayogataḥ yoga-yukto munir brahma na chireṇādhigachchhati

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 5, Verse 6
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
But, O mighty-armed Arjuna, renunciation is hard to attain without Yoga; the sage who is in harmony with Yoga quickly goes to Brahman.

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Why: renunciation without yoga is difficult to attain, but the sage disciplined in yoga quickly reaches Brahman, again warning that renunciation alone, without inner discipline, is the harder and less reliable path.

In life: quitting something outwardly without doing the inner work to change your relationship to it tends to leave the craving intact, waiting to resurface.

Teaching: pair any outward renunciation, of a habit, a role, a relationship, with genuine inner work on your attachment to it, the outward act alone rarely holds.

sanyāsaḥrenunciation
tubut
mahā-bāhomighty-armed one
duḥkhamdistress
āptumattains
ayogataḥwithout karm yog
yoga-yuktaḥone who is adept in karm yog
muniḥa sage
brahmaBrahman
na chireṇaquickly
adhigachchhatigoes

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
5.6 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.Commentary 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.