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Bhagavad Gita 5.4

सांख्ययोगौ पृथग्बालाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः। एकमप्यास्थितः सम्यगुभयोर्विन्दते फलम्।।

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

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
sānkhyasānkhyarenunciation of actions
yogauyogaukarm yog
pṛithakpṛithakdifferent
bālāḥbālāḥthe ignorant
pravadantipravadantisay
nananever
paṇḍitāḥpaṇḍitāḥthe learned
ekamekamin one
apiapieven
āsthitaḥāsthitaḥbeing situated
samyaksamyakcompletely
ubhayoḥubhayoḥof both
vindatevindateachieve
phalamphalamthe result

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.

बालक अर्थात् बालबुद्धि के लोग सांख्य (संन्यास) और योग को परस्पर भिन्न समझते हैं;  किसी एक में भी सम्यक् प्रकार से स्थित हुआ पुरुष दोनों के फल को प्राप्त कर लेता है।।