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 |
यदेव योगाः पश्यन्ति सांख्यैस्तदनुगम्यते । एकं सांख्यं च योगं च यः पश्यति स बुद्धिमान् ॥
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.