Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]"Renunciation is hard to achieve without Yoga, O mighty-armed; the sage joined to Yoga quickly attains Brahman."
BG 5.6
संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः। योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति॥५-६॥
sannyāsas tu mahā-bāho duḥkham āptum ayogataḥ | yoga-yukto munir brahma na cireṇādhigacchati || 5.6 ||
"Renunciation without yoga is painful to achieve — the yoga-joined muni attains Brahman swiftly."
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6 translations · all pre-1928 or released to public domain · sources
Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]"But renunciation, O mighty-armed, is difficult to attain without Yoga; the Yoga-devoted sage quickly goes to Brahman."
Annie Besant & Bhagavan Das, The Bhagavad Gītā (1905)
[5]"Renunciation, O mighty-armed, is difficult to attain without Yoga; the Yoga-harmonised sage swiftly goeth to the Eternal."
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]"But renunciation is difficult to attain without devotion; the wise man possessed of devotion very soon obtains the supreme."
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]"But 'tis hard to forsake works; the sage who meditates, and acts in union reacheth quickly Brahm."
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]"But, O mighty-armed one, it is difficult to obtain what is called renunciation without devotion [to action]; the sage who is devoted to devotion reaches Brahman quickly."