Chapter 5, Verse 4
सांख्ययोगौ पृथग्बालाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः। एकमप्यास्थितः सम्यगुभयोर्विन्दते फलम्।।5.4।।
sāṃkhyayogau pṛthagbālāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ। ekamapyāsthitaḥ samyagubhayorvindate phalam।।5.4।।
Word by word
- सांख्ययोगौ
- Sankhya (path of knowledge) and Yoga (path of action) - two, as objects
- पृथक्
- separate, different
- बालाः
- the childish, the ignorant (ones who say)
- प्रवदन्ति
- declare, proclaim
- न
- not
- पण्डिताः
- the wise, the learned
- एकम्
- one (of the two)
- अपि
- even, only
- आस्थितः
- one who is firmly established in, resorting to
- सम्यक्
- properly, correctly
- उभयोः
- of both
- विन्दते
- obtains, attains
- फलम्
- the fruit, the result
Commentary
4. Children, not the wise, speak of Sankhya and Yoga as distinct. He who is rightly devoted to even one obtains the fruits of both.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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सांख्ययोगौ
पृथक्
बालाः
प्रवदन्ति
न
पण्डिताः
एकम्
अपि
आस्थितः
सम्यक्
उभयोः
विन्दते
फलम्
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