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Home · Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 6: Dhyana Yoga · Verse 46

Dhyana Yoga · The Yoga of Meditation

Bhagavad Gita 6.46

Sanskrit

तपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः । कर्मिभ्यश्चाधिको योगी तस्माद्योगी भवार्जुन ॥6.46॥

Transliteration

tapasvibhyo'dhiko yogī jñānibhyo'pi mato'dhikaḥ | karmibhyaścādhiko yogī tasmādyogī bhavārjuna ‖6.46‖

Meaning

“The yogi is greater than the ascetics, greater even than the men of knowledge, greater than the men of action, therefore be a yogi, O Arjuna.”

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