6.46 Greater than the ascetic Krishna speaks
तपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः
कर्मिभ्यश्चाधिको योगी तस्माद्योगी भवार्जुन
tapasvibhyo ’dhiko yogī
jñānibhyo ’pi mato ’dhikaḥ
karmibhyaśh chādhiko yogī
tasmād yogī bhavārjuna
The practitioner is greater than the ascetic, greater than the learned, and greater than those who perform rites. So become one who practises, Arjuna.
Explanation
Greater than the ascetic, the learned, and those who perform the rites.
Three respected kinds of religious life ranked below the practitioner — and then: so become one who practises, Arjuna.
The imperative is the chapter's whole point. After all the theory and all the consolation, what he is told is to do it.
Word by word
- tapasvibhyaḥ
- than the ascetics
- adhikaḥ
- superior
- yogī
- a yogi
- jñānibhyaḥ
- than the persons of learning
- api
- even
- mataḥ
- considered
- adhikaḥ
- superior
- karmibhyaḥ
- than the ritualistic performers
- cha
- and
- adhikaḥ
- superior
- yogī
- a yogi
- tasmāt
- therefore
- yogī
- a yogi
- bhava
- just become
- arjuna
- Arjun
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