Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 13, Verse 24

ध्यानेनात्मनि पश्यन्ति केचिदात्मानमात्मना । अन्ये साङ्ख्येन योगेन कर्मयोगेन चापरे

dhyānenātmani paśyanti kecidātmānamātmanā | anye sāṅkhyena yogena karmayogena cāpare

Translation

By meditation some behold the Self in the self by the self, others by Sāṅkhya-Yoga, and others by Karma-Yoga.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

dhyānena

by meditation

ātmani

in the self

paśyanti

see

kecit

some

ātmānam

the Self

ātmanā

by the Self

anye

others

sāṅkhyena

(by) the Sāṅkhya

yogena

by Yoga

karmayogena

of action, by the Yoga

ca

and

apare

others

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

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. 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 antaḥ-karaṇa refined by Dhyāna. Sāṅkhya consists in thinking thus: 'these — Sattva, Rajas and Tamas — are guṇas, Ātman 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-Yoga is action performed in the service of the Lord; 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.