Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 Verse 4

Gita 5.4

साङ्ख्ययोगौ, पृथक्, बालाः, प्रवदन्ति, न, पण्डिताः,
एकम्, अपि, आस्थितः, सम्यक्, उभयोः, विन्दते, फलम्।।4।।

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Gita 5.4

Saankhyayogau, prthak’, baalaaH, pravdanti, na, panditaH,
Ekam’, api, aasthitH, samyak’, ubhyoH, vindte, falam’ ||4||

Translation: (Saankhyayogau) on the basis of Tatvgyan, those who do one type of sadhna as a householder or a bachelor, both of them (prthak’) obtain different results, this (baalaaH) ignorant (pravdanti) say. They (panditaH) Pandit (api) also (na) are not (ekam’) in one Almighty God (samyak’ aasthitH) truly established persons (ubhyoH) both (falam’) same results (vindte) obtain on the basis of Tatvgyan. (4)

Gita 5.4: Ignorants say that on the basis of Tatvgyan, those who do one type of sadhna as a householder or a bachelor, both of them obtain different results. They are not even Pandits. Individuals who are truly established in one Almighty God, they both on the basis of Tatvgyan obtain same results. There is vivid description in Gita Chapter 13 Verse 24-25.

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 Verse 4

The meaning is that some by making their own guesses say that those who do sadhna according to the holy scriptures and who have not got married i.e. who do sadhna by remaining bachelor at home or in an ashram etc, such Karmyogis are superior. Some say that it is superior to do sadhna while performing actions after getting married and living with children. They both are ignorants because only a Tatvdarshi saint will distinctly describe the true knowledge that through scripture-based sadhna both of them obtain the same results. There is mention of a Tatvdarshi saint in Gita Chapter 4 Mantra 34 and the identity of a Tatvdarshi saint is also given in Gita Chapter 15 Mantra 1 to 4 and Yajurveda Gita Chapter 40 Mantra 10 and 13 that only a Tatvdarshi saint tells the law of Purna Parmatma (Complete God); listen from him.

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