arjuna uvāca
saṅnyāsaṅ karmaṇāṅ kṛṣṇa punaryōgaṅ ca śaṅsasi.
yacchrēya ētayōrēkaṅ tanmē brūhi suniśicatam৷৷5.1৷৷
श्रीमद् भगवद्गीता
৷৷5.1৷৷ saṅnyāsaṅ parityāgaṅ karmaṇāṅ śāstrīyāṇām anuṣṭhēyaviśēṣāṇāṅ śaṅsasi praśaṅsasi kathayasi ityētat. punaḥ yōgaṅ ca tēṣāmēva anuṣṭhānam avaśyakartavyaṅtvaṅ śaṅsasi. ataḥ mē katarat śrēyaḥ iti saṅśayaḥ kiṅ karmānuṣṭhānaṅ śrēyaḥ, kiṅ vā taddhānam iti. praśasyataraṅ ca anuṣṭhēyam. ataśca yat śrēyaḥ praśasyataram ētayōḥ karmasaṅnyāsakarmayōgayōḥ yadanuṣṭhānāt śrēyō.vāptiḥ mama syāditi manyasē, at ēkam anyatarat saha ēkapuruṣānuṣṭhēyatvāsaṅbhavāt mē brūhi suniścitam abhiprētaṅ tavēti৷৷svābhiprāyam ācakṣāṇō nirṇayāya śrībhagavānuvāca
৷৷5.1৷৷arjuna uvāca karmaṇāṅ sanyāsaṅ jñānayōgaṅ punaḥ karmayōgaṅ ca śaṅsasi. ētad uktaṅ bhavati dvitīyē adhyāyē'mumukṣōḥ prathamaṅ karmayōga ēva kāryaḥ, karmayōgēna mṛditāntaḥkaraṇakaṣāyasya jñānayōgēna ātmadarśanaṅ kāryam' iti pratipādya, punaḥ tṛtīyacaturthayōḥ'jñānayōgādhikāradaśām āpannasya api karmaniṣṭhā ēva jyāyasī; sā ēva jñānaniṣṭhānirapēkṣā ātmaprāptyēkasādhanam' iti karmaniṣṭhāṅ praśaṅsasi; iti. tatra ētayōḥ jñānayōgakarmayōgayōḥ ātmaprāptisādhanabhāvē yad ēkaṅ saukaryāt śaighryāt ca śrēyaḥ śrēṣṭham iti suniścitam tat mē brūhi.