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TEXT 4 sankhya-yogau prthag balah
SYNONYMS  sankhya--analytical
study of the material world; yogau--work in devotional service;
prthak--different; balah--the less intelligent; pravadanti--say;
na--never; panditah--the learned; ekam--in one; api--even;
asthitah--being situated; samyak--complete; ubhayoh--of
both; vindate--enjoys; phalam--the result.
TRANSLATION Only the
ignorant speak of karma-yoga and devotional service as being different
from the analytical study of the material world [sankhya]. Those who are
actually learned say that he who applies himself well to one of these paths
achieves the results of both.
PURPORT The aim of the
analytical study of the material world is to find the soul of existence.
The soul of the material world is Visnu, or the Supersoul. Devotional service
to the Lord entails service to the Supersoul. One process is to find the
root of the tree, and the next to water the root. The real student of Sankhya
philosophy finds the root of the material world, Visnu, and then, in perfect
knowledge, engages himself in the service of the Lord. Therefore, in essence,
there is no difference between the two because the aim of both is Visnu.
Those who do not know the ultimate end say that the purposes of Sankhya
and karma-yoga are not the same, but one who is learned knows the
unifying aim in these different processes.
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