Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 5.6
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 5.6 · 5 · Verse 6
Sanskrit Original
।।5.6।।संन्यासः ज्ञानयोगः तु अयोगतः कर्मयोगाद् ऋते प्राप्तुम् अशक्यः। योगयुक्तः कर्मयोगयुक्तः स्वयम् एव मुनिः आत्ममननशीलः सुखेन कर्मयोगं साधयित्वा न चिरेण एव अल्पकालेन एव ब्रह्म अधिगच्छति आत्मानं प्राप्नोति। ज्ञानयोगयुक्तः तु महता दुःखेन ज्ञानयोगं साधयति दुःखसाध्यत्वाद् दुःखप्राप्यत्वाद् आत्मानं चिरेण प्राप्नोति इत्यर्थः।
5.6 Renunciation, i.e., Jnana Yoga, cannot be attained without Yoga, i.e., Karma Yoga. A person following Yoga, i.e., following Karma Yoga, being himself a Muni, i.e., one engaged in the contemplation of self, after practising Karma Yoga reaches with ease the Brahman i.e., attains the self soon, i.e., in a short time. But one following Jnana Yoga by itself, completes Jnana Yoga with great difficulty only. On account of this great difficulty, he attains the self after a long period only.
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