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 ||
Ang yogin ay itinuturing na higit kaysa mga ascetic, higit pa maging sa mga nakatuon sa kaalamang pangkasulatan, at higit din sa mga gumagawa para sa gantimpala. Kaya, O Arjuna, maging yogin ka.
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.