Shloka 21
Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization
एतमेव च नैवं च न चोभे नानुभे न च । कर्मस्था विषयं ब्रूयु: सत्त्वस्था: समदर्शिन:
etameva ca naivaṁ ca na cobhe nānubhe na ca | karmasthā viṣayaṁ brūyuḥ sattvasthāḥ samadarśinaḥ ||
Sinabi ni Vyāsa: Yaong naninindigan sa doktrina ng gawa ay nagsasalita tungkol dito sa magkakasalungat na paraan: may nagsasabing “ito lamang (pagsisikap) ang sanhi”; may nagsasabing “hindi—hindi pagsisikap kundi tadhana.” May nagsasabing ang dalawa’y magkasama ang nagdudulot ng tagumpay, at may tumatanggi sa dalawa. Kaya’t hindi sila makarating sa tiyak na pasya. Ngunit ang mga yogin na nakatatag sa sattva, na pantay ang pagtingin, ay nakikita ang iisang saligang katotohanan bilang tunay na pinagmumulan ng sanhi.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Debates about whether success is caused by human effort, fate, both, or neither often remain inconclusive when argued from an action-centered standpoint. The verse points toward a higher, sattva-based yogic vision that sees an underlying, single reality as the true basis behind apparent causes.
Vyāsa is explaining a philosophical dispute about causality—how results arise—and contrasts the conflicting claims of karma-focused speakers with the steadier insight of sattva-established yogins who are described as samadarśin (equal-seeing).