What is the connection between the Gita’s fifth and sixth chapters? Is Gita 6.1 a rejection of jnana-yoga?

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thank you question after krishna in the fifth chapter of the bhagavad-gita has talked about bhakti yoga in bhoktaramya gita pasam then what is the connection of that with anashritah karma phalam the start of the sixth chapter and how exact is 6.1 a rejection of gyan yoga or what is the exact context and purpose of that particular verse over there actually the fifth chapter is primarily talking about karma yoga and then after that it gives a concise summary of the further progress from karma yoga so usually speaking karma yoga in and of itself does not lead to ultimate perfection it can but usually after practicing karma yoga in the world the way the understanding of the bhagavad-gita is that one lives as a as a person in the world doing activity in the world and then after that one does renounce the world and one goes to the forest so till 5.26 is karma yoga then and it says that you can attain liberation also so but then after that to attain that complete destination there are two methods that are talked about so 5.27 28 talks about dhyana yoga and 5.29 talks about bhakti yoga so 5.27 28 is elaborated in chapter 6 and 5.29 is elaborated in chapter 7 to 12 fully that’s how 5.27 29 are the summary of the next seven chapters of the nita now after describing this when krishna goes to 6.1 6.1 is more a connection in continuation from the flow of thought that was going from 5.26 because just like if you have a if you have a class in which a particular topic is discussed and towards the end a glimpses are given of the future sessions so now it’s not that all the future sessions will be covered in the next session only the immediate part continuity of continuation from what was covered last time will be covered so this verse talks more about how one can how one should not give up action till one is qualified so is it a rejection of dhyana yoga it can be used for that purpose bhagavata verses can can serve sir to have certain instruction when they are used standalone for their their meaning and then they have a more technical meaning when they are seen in the flow so in a general sense this verse can be said to be a rejection of inaction an emphasis on action that is true but if you look at it in its flow krishna will also say that at a particular time one has to give up action that will say through three verses later so giving up work is also considered to be the right thing to do at a particular level in the yoga ladder especially if one is going to take up the path of dhyana yoga so this in the technical sense of the gita’s flow this has got nothing to do with dhyana yoga at this stage but it is focusing more on avoidance of premature renunciation when one is still caught up in the when one has not yet brought the mind in the control one is not one is still not in the yoga arudha stage so this is more of a flow onwards cautioning against premature renunciation but renunciation which will be more to which will be more to take up the path of ashtang yoga not to take up the path of dhyana yoga so in a generic sense this verse can be used as a discouragement or a rejection for the path of inaction which can include dhyana yoga but in a more specific technical sense it is more of a caution against premature renunciation on the path of ashtang yoga