Sri bhagavaan uvaacha
The Lord said,
3. loke asmin dhviviDhaa nishTaa puraa prokthaa mayaa anagha
jnaanayogena saankhyaanaam karmayogena yoginaam
In this world there are two ways of reaching the ultimate good have been taught by Me, Arjuna, one is yoga of knowledge for the contemplative and other is karmayoga for those who are bent on action.
Like an eminent physician
There are two courses of spiritual discipline, says
Sankhya means budDhi , intellect and those who follow the path of intellect for attainment of self realization are called Sankhyas in this context. For this they should have achieved chittaSuddhi, purification of mind by following the disciplines of self control which has been described in the previous chapter about the sThithaprajna, with a mind free from desires and attachments. Even to reach that it is said that the mind should be focused on the Divine `thaani sarvaaNi samyamya yuktha aaseetha mathparaH,' (Ch.2-61) . This has been explained in the commentary on the sloka 58 of the last chapter.
Those who are not fit to follow this path of knowledge are qualified for karmayoga, acting without attachment to the result and doing everything as an offering to the Lord. Thus the two ways are for different aDhikaris and there is no contradiction.
Who is an aDhikaarri? It is explained by Ramanuja thus:
The aDhikaari is one who has arThithvam , wish for a particular method of action and also has saamarThyam, capacity to do it. The one who worships the Supreme without attachment of the fruits of karma gets his mind purified and he is then becomes qualified for jnanayoga. Thus both are complementary and not contradictory. So to the unenlightened, karmamarga is the best and
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