Commentary on the Bhagavadgita : 11.1 - Swami Krishnananda.
========================================================= --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, July 30, 2021. 7:32. PM. Discourse 11: The Fifth Chapter Begins – Knowledge and Action are One -1. ------------------------------------------------------------------ “My Lord, what are You telling me? You say that jnana is the highest. I understand what You say. But sometimes You say, ‘You must act. All actions melt in knowledge.’ If that is the case, where comes the necessity for me to hear from You the instruction that I must act?” Sannyāsaṁ karmaṇāṁ kṛṣṇa punar yogaṁ ca śaṁsasi, yac chreya etayor ekaṁ tan me brūhi suniścitam (5.1). “Sometimes You say jnana, sometimes You say karma. Between these two, which is better for me?” This is Arjuna’s question. Jyāyasī cet karmaṇas te matā buddhir janārdana, tat kiṁ karmaṇi ghore māṁ niyojayasi keśava (3.1). This question is raised in the beginning of the Third Chapter. If buddhi,...