Shloka 46
अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः | Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman
तपस्विभ्यो5धिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योडपि मतो5धिक: । कर्मिभ्यश्वाधिको योगी तस्माद् योगी भवार्जुन
tapasvibhyo 'dhiko yogī jñānibhyo 'pi mato 'dhikaḥ | karmibhyaś cādhiko yogī tasmād yogī bhavārjuna ||
Yogi dianggap lebih unggul daripada para pertapa, lebih unggul bahkan daripada mereka yang menumpukan diri pada pengetahuan kitab suci, dan lebih unggul juga daripada mereka yang berbuat demi hasil. Maka, wahai Arjuna, jadilah seorang yogi.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Yoga—understood as disciplined integration of mind, knowledge, and action—is presented as a higher path than mere austerity, mere intellectual learning, or action pursued for personal gain; Arjuna is urged to cultivate this yogic steadiness.
In the midst of the Kurukṣetra setting, Kṛṣṇa is instructing Arjuna on the hierarchy of spiritual disciplines, emphasizing that the yogin’s inner balance and integrated practice surpass isolated austerity, scholarship, or result-driven work, and he exhorts Arjuna to adopt yoga.