13.25 Three ways of seeing Krishna speaks
ध्यानेनात्मनि पश्यन्ति केचिदात्मानमात्मना
अन्ये सांख्येन योगेन कर्मयोगेन चापरे
dhyānenātmani paśhyanti kechid ātmānam ātmanā
anye sānkhyena yogena karma-yogena chāpare
Some see the self in the self by meditation; some by the way of reasoning; and some by the way of action.
Explanation
Three roads, listed without ranking.
Meditation, reasoning, and action. Each is simply named as a way some people see the self in the self.
Chapters 5 and 12 both worked hard to rank two of these. Here all three get a single line each and no preference at all — and the next verse adds a fourth that asks for less than any of them.
Word by word
- dhyānena
- through meditation
- ātmani
- within one’s heart
- paśhyanti
- percieve
- kechit
- some
- ātmānam
- the Supreme soul
- ātmanā
- by the mind
- anye
- others
- sānkhyena
- through cultivation of knowledge
- yogena
- the yog system
- karma-yogena
- union with God with through path of action
- cha
- and
- apare
- others
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