Bhagavad Gita 5.2
संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ । तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते ॥
sannyāsaḥ karma-yogaś ca niḥśreyasa-karāv ubhau | tayos tu karma-sannyāsāt karma-yogo viśiṣyate ||
Translation
Renunciation and the yoga of action both lead to the highest good. But of the two, the yoga of action is better than the renunciation of action.
Reflection
Which of two valid paths have you been picking based on style, when the other suits your nature?
Read this verse in its chapter: Chapter Five
Ubhau niḥśreyasa-karau. Both bring the highest good. Krishna does not pick between them by dismissing one. Then the qualifier: of the two, karma yoga is viśiṣyate, set apart, preferred. Shankara reads this without softening: the renunciation that drops the work is harder and slower; the karma yoga that keeps the hand on the work and drops the grip arrives faster. The verse refuses the student's hope for a clean either/or while still answering him. Both work. One works better for the kind of person he is.