एकमप्यास्थितः सम्यगुभयोर्विन्दते फलम् ॥ ४ ॥
sāṅkhyayogau pṛthagbālāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ .
ekamapyāsthitaḥ samyagubhayorvindate phalam .. 4 ..
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It is children who speak of Sāṅkhya and Yoga as producing distinct and opposite results. But the wise, men of knowledge, believe that they produce but one harmonious result. He who rightly observes even one of them, Sāṅkhya or Yoga, obtains the fruits of both. Both lead to the same result, viz., moksha. Wherefore, there is no diversity in the result.
(Objection):—Having started with the words ‘Sannyāsa’ and ‘Karma-Yoga’, how is it that He speaks of Sāṅkhya and Yoga—with which we are not at present concerned—as producing the same results?
(Answer):—There is no fault here. Arjuna indeed asked the Question with reference to simple Sannyāsa and simple Karma-Yoga. But the Lord, without leaving these, has added to them some additional conceptions of His own and has answered the question, speaking of them under other names, Sāṅkhya and Yoga. In the opinion of the Lord, Sannyāsa and Karma-Yoga are themselves termed Sāṅkhya and Yoga when knowledge of the Self (jnana) and equanimity (sama-buddhitva) are added to them respectively. Hence no irrelevant topic.
How can a man obtain the results of both by the right observance of only one?—The answer follows: