Verse 5.4-6

Verse 5.4: “The unthinking ones speak of the Samkhya and the Yoga as diverse (theories), but not the men of understanding. Whose pursues one alone (of them) duly obtains the fruit of them both.

Verse 5.5: Whatever goal by the Samkhya (adepts) is attained, that is reached even by the Yoga (adepts). Who so sees the Samkhya and the Yoga as one, he (truly) sees.

Verse 5.6: Per contra, Renunciation, O Long-armed, is hard to attain if there be no Yoga; (whereas) a sage, steadied in Yoga, in no long a time, attains Brahman. (26)

Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:

O Partha, how could those that have not understood this main principle, be in a position to appraise this order of things conse-crated in the Samkhya and the Yoga? In their ignorance they consider these as different. In truth, does a lamp shed a variety of lights? The two paths are essentially one and the same in the vision of those who have realised the essence of the absolute Self. The goal attained by the Samkhya (adepts) is also the goal reached by the Yoga (adepts) and therefore, the two are of one and the same form. Just as space and its void cannot be separated, in the same way, Samkhya and Yoga both stand united together. True wisdom and the light of the vision of true self have dawned on the mind of the sage, who has realized the identity of Samkhya and Yoga'. Oh Partha, one who proceeds along the path of actions and reaches the top of the mountain of salvation, reaches earlier the plateau of the bliss of the Self. But he toils in vain who does not succeed in even-tempered application to actions, for he can never attain the true renunciation of actions.