Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]"For the muni who aspires to yoga, action is said to be the means; for that same one who has ascended to yoga, stillness (śama) is said to be the means."
BG 6.3
आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते। योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणमुच्यते॥६-३॥
ārurukṣor muner yogaṃ karma kāraṇam ucyate | yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śamaḥ kāraṇam ucyate || 6.3 ||
"For the aspiring muni, action is the means to yoga; for the one ascended to yoga, stillness (śama) is the means."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]"For a sage who wishes to attain to Yoga, action is said to be the means; for the same sage who has already attained to Yoga, quiescence is said to be the means."
Annie Besant & Bhagavan Das, The Bhagavad Gītā (1905)
[5]"For the man who wishes to grow into Yoga, action is said to be the means; for the same man when he hath attained Yoga, serenity is said to be the means."
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]"To the sage who wishes to attain to Yoga, action is said to be the means; but to him who has attained to Yoga, quiescence is said to be the means."
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]"For one who climbs to Yog, action is the means; for one who has ascended, stillness is the means."
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]"Action is said to be the means of the sage who wishes to obtain Yoga; and quiescence is said to be the means of the same sage, when he has obtained Yoga."