Chapter 5: Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Yoga of Inner Renunciation: Verse 4
साङ्ख्ययोगौ पृथग्बाला: प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिता: ।
एकमप्यास्थित: सम्यगुभयोर्विन्दते फलम् ॥
sāṅkhya-yogau pṛthag-bālā: pravadanti na paṇḍitā:
ekam-apy-āsthita: samyag-ubhayor-vindate phalam – 5.4
Only those of immature minds hold sāṅkhya (exclusive wisdom pursuit) and yoga as different; not the enlightened ones. By taking well to either of these, the result of both can be had.
Chapter 5: Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Yoga of Inner Renunciation - Verse 4
Ma Gurupriya
See how firmly Krishna makes his pronouncement! Only immature ones, not the enlightened, regard sāṅkhya and yoga as distinct. Krishna has been stressing all along that they are not different – they do not have separate goals and outcomes.
He exposed sāṅkhya first, calling it buddhi-yoga, a pursuit of intelligence. Then he defined Karma-yoga, prefacing it with the statement that it is also the application of yoga- buddhi while pursuing activities. By this it is clear that both are equally intelligence-based pursuits.
While answering Arjuna’s question in the 3rd chapter, Krishna clarified that right from the beginning spiritual pursuit was but one, yet two-phased. To begin with, it is activity-based, but later it becomes intelligence-based (3.3). In both, the mind gets reformed and refined. Mind alone employs senses for all actions and the resultant effects are also in the mind. The focus should not be missed.
