# Bhagavad Gita 5.2

**Canonical reference:** `gita.5.2`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

श्रीभगवानुवाच।
संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ।
तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते ॥

## IAST

śrībhagavānuvāca
saṃnyāsaḥ karmayogaśca niḥśreyasakarāvubhau
tayostu karmasaṃnyāsātkarmayogo viśiṣyate

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

Renunciation and pursuit of action are both instruments of happiness. But of the two, pursuit of action is superior to renunciation of action.

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