BhG 6.46

syntax

he arjuna (O Arjuna!),
yogī (a yogī) tapasvibhyaḥ (than ascetics) adhikaḥ (superior) [asti] (he is),
[yogī] (a yogī) jñānibhyaḥ api (also than the wise) adhikaḥ (superior) [asti] (he is),
[yogī] (a yogī) karmibhyaś ca api (and also than those acting) adhikaḥ (superior) mataḥ (considered),
tasmāt (therefore) [tvam] (you) yogī (a yogī) bhava (you must be).

grammar

tapasvibhyaḥ	–	tapasvin 5n.3 m. – than ascetics (from: √tap – to scorch, tapas – heat, austerity);
adhikaḥ	–	adhika 1n.1 m. – additional, subsequent, superior;
yogī	–	yogin 1n.1 m. – a yogī, engaged (√yuj – to yoke, to join, to engage, yoga – yoga, yoking, application, a means, one of the schools of Hindu philosophy);
jñānibhyaḥ	–	jñānin 5n.3 m. – than wise men (from: √jñā – to know, to understand);
api	–	av. – although, moreover, besides, even;
mataḥ	–	mata (√man – to think) PP 1n.1 n. – regarded, considered; thought, opinion, view;
adhikaḥ	–	adhika 1n.1 m. – additional, subsequent, superior;
karmibhyaḥ	–	karmin 5n.3 m. – than those acting (from: √kṛ – to do);
ca	–	av. – and;
adhikaḥ	–	adhika 1n.1 m. – additional, subsequent, superior;
yogī	–	yogin 1n.1 m. – a yogī, engaged (√yuj – to yoke, to join, to engage, yoga – yoga, yoking, application, a means, one of the schools of Hindu philosophy);
tasmāt	–	av. – therefore (from: tat sn. 5n.1 m. – from that);
yogī	–	yogin 1n.1 m. – a yogī, engaged (√yuj – to yoke, to join, to engage, yoga – yoga, yoking, application, a means, one of the schools of Hindu philosophy);
bhava	–	√bhū (to be) Imperat. P 2v.1 – you must be;
arjuna	–	arjuna 8n.1 m. – white, clear, Arjuna;

textual variants

jñānibhyo ‘pi → jñānibhyaś ca / jñānino ‘pi / jñāninaś ca (and than the wise / even than the wise / and than the wise);
jñānibhyo ‘pi mato ‚dhikaḥ → jñānibhyo ‘py adhiko mataḥ (even than the wise he is considered higher);
karmibhyaś → karmabhiś / karmibhiś / karmabhyaś (by activities / by those acting / than acts);
karmibhyaś cādhiko → karmibhyaś ‘py adhiko (even higher than those acting);

Śāṃkara

yasmād evaṃ tasmāt—

tapasvibhyo’dhiko yogī, jñānibhyo’pi jñānam atra śāstrārtha-pāṇḍityam, tadvadbhyo’pi mato jñāto’dhikaḥ śreṣṭha iti | karmibhyaḥ, agnihotrādi karma, tadvadbhyo’dhiko yogī viśiṣṭo yasmāt tasmād yogī bhavārjuna

Rāmānuja

atiśayitapuruṣārthaniṣṭhatayā yoginaḥ sarvasmād ādhikyam āha

kevalatapobhir yaḥ puruṣārthaḥ sādhyate, ātmajñānavyatiriktair jñānaiś ca yaḥ, yaś ca kevalair aśvamedhādibhiḥ karmabhiḥ, tebhyas sarvebhyo ‚dhikapuruṣārthasādhanatvād yogasya, tapasvibhyo jñānibhyaḥ karmibhyaś cādhiko yogī tasmād yogī bhavārjuna

Śrīdhara

yasmād evaṃ tasmāt tapasvibhya iti | tapasvibhyaḥ kṛcchra-cāndrāyaṇādi-tapo-niṣṭhebhyaḥ | jñānibhyaḥ śāstra-jñāna-vidbhyo ‚pi | karmibhya iṣṭa-pūrtādi-karma-kāribhyo ‚pi | yogī śreṣṭho mamābhimataḥ | tasmāt tvaṃ yogī bhava

Madhusūdana

idānīṃ yogī stūyate ‚rjunaṃ prati śraddhātiśayotpādana-pūrvakaṃ yogaṃ vidhātuṃ tapasvibhya iti | tapasvibhyaḥ kṛcchra-cāndrāyaṇādi-tapaḥ-parāyaṇebhyo ‚pi adhika utkṛṣṭo yogī tattva-jñānotpatty-anantaraṃ mano-nāśa-vāsanākṣaya-kārī |

vidyayā ta ārohanti yatra kāmāḥ parāgatāḥ |
na tatra dakṣiṇā yānti nāvadvāṃsas tapasvinaḥ || iti śruteḥ |

ataeva karmibhyo dakṣiṇā-sahita-jyotiṣṭomādi-karmānuṣṭhānebhyaś cādhiko yogī | karmiṇāṃ tapasvināṃ cājñatvena mokṣānarhatvāt |

jñānibhyo ‚pi parokṣa-jñānavadbhyo ‚pi aparokṣa-jñānavān adhiko mato yogī | evam aparokṣa-jñānavadbhyo ‚pi mano-nāśa-vāsanākṣayābhāvād ajīvan-muktebhyo mano-nāśa-vāsanākṣaya-vattvena jīvan-mukto yogy adhiko mato mama saṃyataḥ | yasmād evaṃ tasmād adhikādhika-prayatna-balāttvaṃ yoga-bhraṣṭa idānīṃ tattva-jñāna-mano-nāśa-vāsanākṣayair yugapat-saṃpāditair yogī jīva-mukto yaḥ sa yogī paramo mata iti prāg-uktaḥ sa tādṛśo bhava sādhana-paripākāt | he ‚rjuneti śuddheti sabodhanārthaḥ

Viśvanātha

karma-jñāna-taop-yogavatāṃ madhye kaḥ śreṣṭha ity apekṣāyām āha tapasvibhyaḥ kṛcchra-cāndrāyaṇādi-tapo-niṣṭhebhyaḥ | jñānibhyaḥ brahmopāsakebhyo ‚pi yogī paramātmopāsako ‚dhiko mata iti mamedam eva matam iti bhāvaḥ | yadi jñānibhyo ‚py adhikas tadā kim uta karmibhya ity āha karmibhyaś ceti

Baladeva

evaṃ jñāna-garbho niṣkāma-karma-yogo ‚ṣṭāṅga-yoga-śirasko mokṣa-hetus tādṛśād yogād vibhraṣṭsyāntatas tat-phalaṃ bhaved ity abhidhāya yoginaṃ stauti tapasvibhya iti | tapasvibhyaḥ kṛcchrādi-tapaḥ-parebhyaḥ jñānibhyo ‚rtha-śāstra-vidbhyaḥ karmibhyaḥ sakāmeṣṭā-pūrty-ādikṛdbhyaś ca yogī mad-ukta-yogānuṣṭhātādhikaḥ śreṣṭho mataḥ | ātma-jñāna-vaidhuryeṇa mokṣānarhebhyas tapasvy-ādibhyo mad-ukto yogī samuditātma-jñānatvena mokṣārhatvāt śreṣṭhaḥ