Arjuna. Yet, Krishna at the one time thou dost laud
Surcease of works, and, at another time, Service through work. Of these twain plainly
tell Which is the better way? Krishna. To cease from works Is well, and to do works in holiness
Is well; and both conduct to bliss supreme; But of these twain the better way is his
Who working piously refrained not.
That is the true Renouncer, firm and fixed, Who- seeking nought, rejecting
nought- dwells proof Against the "opposites." O valiant Prince! In doing, such breaks lightly
from all deed: 'Tis the new scholar talks as they were two, This
Sankhya and this Yoga: wise men know Who husbands one plucks golden fruit of both!
The region of high rest which Sankhyans reach Yogins attain. Who sees these
twain as one Sees with clear eyes! Yet such abstraction, Chief! Is hard
to win without much holiness.
Whoso is fixed in holiness, self-ruled, Pure-hearted, lord of
senses and of self, Lost in the common life of all which lives- A
"Yogayukt"- he is a Saint who wends Straightway to Brahm. Such
an one is not touched By taint of deeds. "Nought of myself I do!"
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