{
  "id": "gita/12.12",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.12/",
  "work": {
    "key": "gita",
    "title": "Bhagavad Gītā"
  },
  "ref": "12.12",
  "speaker": "Śrī Kṛṣṇa to Arjuna",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते ।\nध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम् ॥ १२.१२ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "śreyo hi jñānamabhyāsājjñānāddhyānaṃ viśiṣyate |\ndhyānātkarmaphalatyāgastyāgācchāntiranantaram ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "śreyaḥ hi",
      "meaning": "indeed better",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "jñānam abhyāsāt",
      "meaning": "knowledge than practice",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "jñānāt dhyānam",
      "meaning": "meditation than knowledge",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "viśiṣyate",
      "meaning": "is superior",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "dhyānāt karma-phala-tyāgaḥ",
      "meaning": "renouncing the fruits of action, than meditation",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tyāgāt śāntiḥ",
      "meaning": "from renunciation, peace",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "anantaram",
      "meaning": "immediately",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "अभ्यास से ज्ञान निश्चय ही श्रेष्ठ है, ज्ञान से ध्यान श्रेष्ठ है, ध्यान से कर्मफल का त्याग श्रेष्ठ है; त्याग से तुरंत शांति मिलती है।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "அப்பியாசத்தைவிட ஞானம் சிறந்தது; ஞானத்தைவிட தியானம் மேலானது; தியானத்தைவிட கர்மபலத் தியாகம் மேலானது; தியாகத்திலிருந்து உடனே அமைதி உண்டாகிறது.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "అభ్యాసం కంటే జ్ఞానం శ్రేష్ఠమైనది; జ్ఞానం కంటే ధ్యానం విశిష్టమైనది; ధ్యానం కంటే కర్మఫలత్యాగం శ్రేష్ఠమైనది; త్యాగం వల్ల వెంటనే శాంతి కలుగుతుంది.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಅಭ್ಯಾಸಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಜ್ಞಾನವು ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ; ಜ್ಞಾನಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಧ್ಯಾನವು ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟ; ಧ್ಯಾನಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಕರ್ಮಫಲತ್ಯಾಗ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ; ತ್ಯಾಗದಿಂದ ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ಶಾಂತಿ ಉಂಟಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "അഭ്യാസത്തെക്കാൾ ജ്ഞാനം ശ്രേഷ്ഠമാണ്; ജ്ഞാനത്തെക്കാൾ ധ്യാനം വിശിഷ്ടമാണ്; ധ്യാനത്തെക്കാൾ കർമഫലത്യാഗം ശ്രേഷ്ഠമാണ്; ത്യാഗത്തിൽനിന്ന് ഉടൻ ശാന്തി ഉണ്ടാകുന്നു.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "অভ্যাসের চেয়ে জ্ঞান নিশ্চয়ই শ্রেয়, জ্ঞানের চেয়ে ধ্যান শ্রেষ্ঠ, ধ্যানের চেয়ে কর্মফল-ত্যাগ শ্রেষ্ঠ; ত্যাগ থেকে অবিলম্বে শান্তি আসে।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "अभ्यासापेक्षा ज्ञान निश्चितच श्रेष्ठ आहे, ज्ञानापेक्षा ध्यान श्रेष्ठ आहे, ध्यानापेक्षा कर्मफलत्याग श्रेष्ठ आहे; त्यागाने तत्काळ शांती मिळते.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "અભ્યાસ કરતાં જ્ઞાન ખરેખર શ્રેષ્ઠ છે, જ્ઞાન કરતાં ધ્યાન શ્રેષ્ઠ છે, ધ્યાન કરતાં કર્મફળનો ત્યાગ શ્રેષ્ઠ છે; ત્યાગથી તરત જ શાંતિ મળે છે.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਅਭਿਆਸ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਗਿਆਨ ਸੱਚਮੁੱਚ ਸ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਟ ਹੈ, ਗਿਆਨ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਧਿਆਨ ਸ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਟ ਹੈ, ਧਿਆਨ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਕਰਮ-ਫਲ ਦਾ ਤਿਆਗ ਸ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਟ ਹੈ; ਤਿਆਗ ਨਾਲ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ ਮਿਲਦੀ ਹੈ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ଅଭ୍ୟାସଠାରୁ ଜ୍ଞାନ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ, ଜ୍ଞାନଠାରୁ ଧ୍ୟାନ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ, ଧ୍ୟାନଠାରୁ କର୍ମଫଳ ତ୍ୟାଗ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ; ତ୍ୟାଗରୁ ତୁରନ୍ତ ଶାନ୍ତି ମିଳେ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "مشق سے علم یقیناً بہتر ہے، علم سے دھیان افضل ہے، دھیان سے اعمال کے پھل کا ترک افضل ہے؛ ترک سے فوراً سکون ملتا ہے۔",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "Knowledge is indeed better than practice; meditation surpasses knowledge; renouncing the fruits of action surpasses meditation, and from renunciation peace follows at once.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "El conocimiento es en verdad mejor que la práctica; la meditación supera al conocimiento; la renuncia a los frutos de la acción supera a la meditación, y de la renuncia surge al instante la paz.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "La connaissance est certes meilleure que la pratique ; la méditation surpasse la connaissance ; le renoncement aux fruits de l'action surpasse la méditation, et du renoncement naît aussitôt la paix.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Wissen ist wahrlich besser als Übung; Meditation übertrifft das Wissen; der Verzicht auf die Früchte des Handelns übertrifft die Meditation, und aus dem Verzicht folgt sogleich Frieden.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "O conhecimento é de fato melhor que a prática; a meditação supera o conhecimento; a renúncia aos frutos da ação supera a meditação, e da renúncia vem de imediato a paz.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Знание поистине лучше упражнения; созерцание превосходит знание; отказ от плодов действий превосходит созерцание, а за отказом сразу следует покой.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "知识确实胜于修习，禅定胜于知识，舍弃行动的果实胜于禅定；由舍弃，平静随即到来。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "実に知識は修習よりも優れ、瞑想は知識に勝り、行為の果報の放棄は瞑想に勝る。放棄からただちに平安が生じる。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "المعرفة حقًّا خير من المران، والتأمل يفوق المعرفة، وترك ثمار العمل يفوق التأمل، ومن الترك يأتي السلام في الحال.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Pengetahuan sungguh lebih baik daripada latihan; meditasi melampaui pengetahuan; pelepasan buah perbuatan melampaui meditasi, dan dari pelepasan itu kedamaian segera datang.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "ความรู้ประเสริฐกว่าการฝึกฝนจริงแท้ การเพ่งพิจารณาประเสริฐกว่าความรู้ การสละผลของการงานประเสริฐกว่าการเพ่งพิจารณา และจากการสละนั้นความสงบก็เกิดขึ้นทันที",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    }
  ],
  "commentary": [],
  "source": {
    "edition": "Bhagavad Gītā 12.12, vulgate text (gita/gita open dataset)",
    "license": "Public domain"
  },
  "topics": [
    "renunciation",
    "knowledge",
    "meditation",
    "peace"
  ],
  "citation": "Bhagavad Gītā 12.12. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.12/"
}