Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 5, Verse 4

Sanskrit Verse

सांख्ययोगौ पृथग्बालाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः।

एकमप्यास्थितः सम्यगुभयोर्विन्दते फलम्।।5.4।।

Transliteration

sānkhya-yogau pṛithag bālāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ

ekamapyāsthitaḥ samyag ubhayor vindate phalam

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

Swami Sivananda's 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.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 5