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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5, Verse 6 (5.6) means: But giving up action is hard to reach without action itself, Arjuna. The sage grounded in action reaches the eternal before long.
संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः। योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति।।5.6।।
sannyāsas tu mahā-bāho duḥkham āptum ayogataḥ yoga-yukto munir brahma na chireṇādhigachchhati
But giving up action is hard to reach without action itself, Arjuna. The sage grounded in action reaches the eternal before long.
पर अर्जुन, कर्म के बिना कर्म का त्याग पाना कठिन है। कर्म में स्थित मुनि जल्दी ही शाश्वत को पा लेता है।
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It is verse 6 of Chapter 5 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 29 verses in total.
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