KARMA

Tayostu karmasanyasat karmyogo vishishyate. (5..2)

Karm Sanyas and Nishkam Karma Yoga both are both good for liberation.  But of the, two Karmayoga is easier to follow and thus better.

It should be understood here that Krishna is talking to Arjun. He is a soldier.

For Arjuna, who is a warrior, karma yoga is easier to follow than karma sanyas (some people call it renunciation-it does not reflect accurate meaning).

The same may not be true for a painter or a poet. In fact, Arjuna actually is talking the language of Karma Sanyas. He says, "what is the use of the war, why should I kill all these people that I know?"

But, Krishna actually could see through Arjuna. His personality was not that of a Karma Sanyasi, He had always been a Kshatriya.

Arjuna was trained rigorously to become the best of all the warriors. He was a master archer. He had won Draupadi in a competition.

A man of competition all his life issuddenly talking the language of karma sanyas.  

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