अन्ये साङ्ख्येन योगेन कर्मयोगेन चापरे ॥ २४ ॥
dhyānenātmani paśyanti kecidātmānamātmanā .
anye sāṅkhyena yogena karmayogena cāpare .. 24 ..
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Meditation (Dhyāna) consists in withdrawing by concentration hearing and other senses into the Manas away from sound and other sense-objects, then withdrawing Manas into the Inner Intelligence, and then contemplating (that inner Intelligence). Hence the comparison, “the crane meditates as it were; the earth meditates as it were…..the mountains meditate as it were” (Chha, Up. 7-6-1). Dhyāna is a continuous and unbroken thought like a line of flowing oil. By meditation the Yogins behold* the Self, the Inner Intelligence, in the self (Buddhi) by the self, by their own intelligence, i.e., by the antah-karana refined by Dhyāna.—Sāṅkhya consists in thinking thus: ’these, Sattva, Rajas and Tamas, are Guṇas,’ Atman is the witness of their acts, eternal, and distinct from the Guṇas.’ By Sāṅkhya Yoga † some‡ behold the Self in the self by the self.—Karma is Yoga §, i.e., that Karma or action which is performed in the service of the Lord (Īśvara). Such a course of action is Yoga—only by a figure of speech—inasmuch as it leads to Yoga. Some ¶ behold the Self by this Yoga of action, which, causing purity of the mind (sattva), gives rise to knowledge.
These Yogins, who are of the highest class of aspirants (uttamadhikarins) behold the Self, by meditation, to be identical with the Paramatman.—A.
Sankhya is knowledge got through intellectual investigation (vichara). As leading to Yoga, it is spoken of as Yoga itself.—A,
These are the aspirants of the middling class (madhyamadhikarins) —A.
As causing purity of mind. Karma leads to Yoga, to the concentration of mind.—A.
These are the lowest class of aspirants.—A.