BHAGAVAD-GITA 5:5

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 5:5

 

yat sankhyaih prapyate sthanam

tad yogair api gamyate

ekam sankhyam ca yogam ca

yah pasyati sa pasyati

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

yat--what; sankhyaih--by means of Sankhya philosophy; prapyate--is

achieved; sthanam--place; tat--that; yogaih--by devotional service;

api--also; gamyate--one can attain; ekam--one; sankhyam--analytical

study; ca--and; yogam--action in devotion; ca--and; yah--one who;

pasyati--sees; sah--he; pasyati--actually sees.

 

TRANSLATION

 

One who knows that the position reached by means of analytical study

can also be attained by devotional service, and who therefore sees

analytical study and devotional service to be on the same level, sees

things as they are.

 

PURPORT

 

The real purpose of philosophical research is to find the ultimate

goal of life. Since the ultimate goal of life is self-realization,

there is no difference between the conclusions reached by the two

processes. By Sankhya philosophical research one comes to the

conclusion that a living entity is not a part and parcel of the

material world but of the supreme spirit whole. Consequently, the

spirit soul has nothing to do with the material world; his actions

must be in some relation with the Supreme. When he acts in Krsna

consciousness, he is actually in his constitutional position. In the

first process, Sankhya, one has to become detached from matter, and in

the devotional yoga process one has to attach himself to the work of

Krsna consciousness. Factually, both processes are the same, although

superficially one process appears to involve detachment and the other

process appears to involve attachment. Detachment from matter and

attachment to Krsna are one and the same. One who can see this sees

things as they are.

 

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