तपस्विभ्योऽधिकोयोगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपिमतोऽधिक: कर्मिभ्यश्चाधिकोयोगी तस्माद्योगीभवार्जुन
tapasvibhyo ’dhiko yogī jñānibhyo ’pi mato ’dhikaḥ karmibhyaśh chādhiko yogī tasmād yogī bhavārjuna
Recitation · Text 6.46
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (15 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
A ranking, offered as encouragement rather than as insult. The yogī is greater than the ascetic, greater even than the scholar, greater than the ritualist — therefore, Arjuna, be a yogī. The chapter that began by dissolving categories ends by using one to point him somewhere.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:The ranking is encouragement, not insult — therefore, Arjuna, be a yogī.