Bhagavad Gita · 5.4-5
॥
Devanāgarī
साङ्ख्ययोगौ पृथग्बालाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः ।
एकमप्यास्थितः सम्यगुभयोर्विन्दते फलम् ॥
यत्साङ्ख्यैः प्राप्यते स्थानं तद्योगैरपि गम्यते ।
एकं साङ्ख्यं च योगं च यः पश्यति स पश्यति ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sāṅkhyayogau pṛthag bālāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ |
ekam apy āsthitaḥ samyag ubhayor vindate phalam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
साङ्ख्ययोगौsāṅkhya-yogausāṅkhya (the path of knowledge) and yoga (the path of karma-yoga).
पृथक्pṛthakas different, separate.
बालाःbālāḥchildren, fools, the unintelligent.
प्रवदन्तिpravadantithey say.
न पण्डिताःna paṇḍitāḥbut not the paṇḍitas (sages).
एकम् अपिekam apieven to one [of them].
आस्थितःāsthitaḥone who follows, who is established.
सम्यक्samyakperfectly, properly.
उभयोःubhayoḥof both.
विन्दतेvindatehe obtains.
फलम्phalamthe fruit.
यत् स्थानम्yat sthānamwhich state.
साङ्ख्यैःsāṅkhyaiḥby the sāṅkhyas (jñānīs).
प्राप्यतेprāpyateis attained.
तत्tatthat same.
योगैः अपिyogaiḥ apiand by the yogīs (karma-yogīs).
गम्यतेgamyateis attained.
एकम्ekamas one.
साङ्ख्यम् च योगम् चsāṅkhyam ca yogam casāṅkhya and yoga.
यः पश्यतिyaḥ paśyatione who sees.
सः पश्यतिsaḥ paśyatihe [truly] sees.
Translation
“Only the ignorant say that sāṅkhya [the path of knowledge] and karma-yoga [the path of divine action] are different things, but not the wise. One who perfectly follows either of these paths obtains the fruits of both. (4)”
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