Chapter 5, Verse 4
Karma Sanyasa Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
sānkhya—renunciation of actions; yogau—karm yog; pṛithak—different; bālāḥ—the ignorant; pravadanti—say; na—never; paṇḍitāḥ—the learned; ekam—in one; api—even; āsthitaḥ—being situated; samyak—completely; ubhayoḥ—of both; vindate—achieve; phalam—the result
English translation
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.
— Swami Sivananda
Listen to Shloka 5.4
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)
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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