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# Bhagavadgita 5.1

Gītābhāṣya (of Rāmānuja) 5.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!ramanuja.5.1)

arjuna uvāca ---  
saṃnyāsaṃ karmaṇāṃ kṛṣṇa punar yogaṃ ca śaṃsasi |  
yac chreya etayor ekaṃ tan me brūhi suniścitam ||  
karmaṇāṃ saṃnyāsaṃ jñānayogam punaḥ karmayogaṃ ca śaṃsasi / etad uktaṃ bhavati -- dvitīye 'dhyāye mumukṣoḥ prathamaṃ karmayoga eva kāryaḥ, karmayogena mṛditāntaḥkaraṇakaṣāyasya jñānayogenātmadarśanaṃ kāryam iti pratipādya punas tṛtīyacaturthayoḥ jñānayogādhikāradaśāpannasyāpi karmaniṣṭhaiva jyāyasī, saiva jñānaniṣṭhānirapekṣā ātmaprāptau sādhanam iti karmaniṣṭhāṃ praśaṃśasi iti / tatraitayor jñānayogakarmayogayor ātmaprāptisādhanabhāve yad ekaṃ saukāryac chaighryāc ca śreyaḥ śreṣṭham iti suniścitam, tan me brūhi //

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## Translations (3)

- [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.5.1) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English
- [The Bhagavadgîtâ (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 8)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-telang.5.p1) — Kashinath Trimbak Telang 1882, English
- [The Song Celestial](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-arnold.5.p1) — Edwin Arnold 1885, English

## Commentaries (6)

- [Jñāneśvarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.marathi.jnanesvara.jnanesvari.5.1) — Jñāneśvara, Marathi
- [Bhagavadgītāvīraśaivabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!bhagavadgitavirasaivabhasya.6.16) — Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadgītābhāṣya (Śāṅkarabhāṣya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!sankara.5.3) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadgītāvivaraṇa (Sarvatobhadra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!bhagavadgitavivarana-sarvatobhadra.1.719) — Sanskrit
- [Gītārthasaṅgraha (of Abhinavagupta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!abhinavagupta.1.456) — Abhinavagupta, Sanskrit
- [Sārārthavarṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!visvanatha.5.1) — Viśvanātha Cakravartin 1680, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.5.1) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.5.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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