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सांख्ययोगौ पृथग्बालाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः। एकमप्यास्थितः सम्यगुभयोर्विन्दते फलम्।।5.4।।

sānkhya-yogau pṛithag bālāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ ekamapyāsthitaḥ samyag ubhayor vindate phalam

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 5, Verse 4
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Children, not the wise, speak of knowledge and the Yoga of action, or the performance of action, as though they are distinct and different; he who is truly established in one, obtains the fruits of both.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: the ignorant speak of knowledge and action as different, not the wise, one who is truly established in either attains the fruit of both, again collapsing a distinction that looks large on the surface but isn't in substance.

In life: people sometimes argue fiercely over which approach is correct when both, done well, actually arrive at the same place.

Teaching: before arguing that your approach is the only valid one, check whether the disagreement is actually substantive or just about method.

sānkhyarenunciation of actions
yogaukarm yog
pṛithakdifferent
bālāḥthe ignorant
pravadantisay
nanever
paṇḍitāḥthe learned
ekamin one
apieven
āsthitaḥbeing situated
samyakcompletely
ubhayoḥof both
vindateachieve
phalamthe result

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
5.4 सांख्ययोगौ Sankhya (knowledge) and Yoga (Yoga of action or performance of action)? पृथक् distinct? बालाः children? प्रवदन्ति speak? न not? पण्डिताः the wise? एकम् one? अपि even? आस्थितः established in? सम्यक् truly? उभयोः of both? विन्दते obtains? फलम् fruit.Commentary Children the ignorant people who have no knowledge of the Self? and who have only a theoretical knowledge of the scriptures.Children or ignorant people only say that knowledge and the performance of action are different and produce distinct and opposite results. But the wise who have the knowledge of the Self say that they produce the same result only? viz.? Moksha or liberation. He who is duly established in,one? he who truly lives in one? Sankhya or Yoga? obtains the fruits of both. Therefore there is no diversity in the result or the fruit. This is the gist of this verse. (Cf.VI.2)