Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 Verse 1: What is the best path of life?

Bhagavad Gita: Verse 5.1

अर्जुन उवाच ।
संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि ।
यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम् ॥ ५-१॥

 


arjuna uvāca
saṃnyāsaṃ karmaṇāṃ kṛṣṇa punaryogaṃ ca śaṃsasi
yacchreya etayorekaṃ tanme brūhi suniścitam

 


Meaning:

Arjuna said: O Krishna, tell me which one is the best way to fulfill the purpose of  life? Renunciation or the service to the humanity with the devotion to the supreme Lord Vishnu?  You praise both, tell me conclusively that which is the better of the two.

 


 

arjuna uvāca = Arjuna said; saṃnyāsaṃ = renunciation; karmaṇāṃ = of all activities; kṛṣṇa = O Krishna; punaḥ = again; yogaṃ = devotional service; ca = also; śaṃsasi = You are praising; yat = which; śreyaḥ = is more beneficial; etayoḥ = of these two; ekaṃ = one; tat = that; me = unto me; brūhi = please tell; suniścitaṃ = definitely.;

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 Verse 1