Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 39

एषा तेऽभिहिता साङ्ख्ये बुद्धिर्योगे त्विमां शृणु । बुद्ध्या युक्तो यया पार्थ कर्मबन्धं प्रहास्यसि

eṣā te'bhihitā sāṅkhye buddhiryoge tvimāṃ śṛṇu | buddhyā yukto yayā pārtha karmabandhaṃ prahāsyasi

Translation

This, which has been taught to thee, is wisdom concerning Sāṅkhya. Now, listen to wisdom concerning Yoga, which possessing thou shalt cast off the bond of action.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

eṣā

this

te

(to) thee

abhihitā

(is) declared

sāṅkhye

in Sāṅkhya

buddhiḥ

knowledge

yoge

in the Yoga

tu

indeed

imām

this

śṛṇu

hear

buddhyā

with knowledge

yuktaḥ

joined

yayā

with which

pārtha

O Pārtha

karmabandham

of karma, the bond

prahāsyasi

(thou) shalt cast away

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

The wisdom taught so far — concerning the real nature of the Self, devoid of all changes, devoid of the duality of doer and deed — is wisdom concerning Sāṅkhya (Sāṅkhya-buddhi). The conviction of those who follow this path forms the Sāṅkhya standpoint, and they are called Sāṅkhyas. Now hear of wisdom concerning Yoga — the conviction that informs the performance of works, while still presupposing distinction between the Self and the body and between virtue and vice. This is the means by which men, before they attain Sāṅkhya-buddhi, attain purity of mind that leads on to right knowledge. Possessing this Yoga-buddhi, thou shalt cast off the bondage of works (karma-bandha) — i.e., the saṃsāra rooted in dharma and a-dharma. The two paths are assigned to two distinct classes of men: Jñāna-yoga to the Sāṅkhyas, Karma-yoga to the Yogins (iii.3).