Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 13: The Field and the Knower of the Field

Bhagavad Gita 13.24

ध्यानेनात्मनि पश्यन्ति केचिदात्मानमात्मना । अन्ये सांख्येन योगेन कर्मयोगेन चापरे ॥

dhyānenātmani paśyanti kecidātmānamātmanā | anye sāṃkhyena yogena karmayogena cāpare ||

Some see the self within themselves, by the self, through meditation. Others see it through the yoga of knowledge, and others through the yoga of action.

Modern context

Different people find the self by different paths: some through meditation, some through knowledge, some through action. The Gita does not insist on one road. It recognizes that temperaments differ. A quiet, inward person may find meditation natural; a thinker may find the way through study; an active person may find it through work done without selfishness. All three arrive.