Shloka 19
Utkramaṇa-sthāna and Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇa: Yājñavalkya’s Instruction on Departure Pathways and Mortality Signs
यदेव योगा: पश्यन्ति सांख्यैस्तदनुगम्यते । एकं सांख्यं च योगं च य: पश्यति स बुद्धिमान्,योगी जिस तत्त्वका साक्षात्कार करते हैं; सांख्यवेत्ता विद्वान् भी उसीका ज्ञान प्राप्त करते हैं। जो सांख्य और योगको फलकी दृष्टिसे एक समझता है, वही बुद्धिमान् है
yad eva yogāḥ paśyanti sāṅkhyais tad anugamyate | ekaṃ sāṅkhyaṃ ca yogaṃ ca yaḥ paśyati sa buddhimān |
Vasiṣṭha said: “That very Reality which the yogins directly behold is also reached by the knowers of Sāṅkhya through discernment. The truly wise person is the one who sees Sāṅkhya and Yoga as one in their fruition—different in method, yet converging upon the same highest truth.”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sāṅkhya and Yoga are presented as two complementary disciplines that culminate in the same realization of the highest Reality; wisdom lies in recognizing their unity in result rather than insisting on a sectarian difference of method.
In Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Vasiṣṭha speaks as a teacher, clarifying philosophical harmony: yogic direct realization and Sāṅkhya’s discriminative knowledge converge on the same truth, so the listener should not treat them as ultimately opposed.