न योगेन न साङ्ख्येन कर्मणा नो न विद्यया ।ब्रह्मात्मैकत्वबोधेन मोक्षः सिध्यति नान्यथा ॥ ५८ ॥
na yogena na sāṅkhyena karmaṇā no na vidyayā ;brahmātmaikatvabodhena mokṣaḥ sidhyati nānyathā . 58 .
Anvaya
न योगेनna yogena
Not by yoga
न सांख्येनna sāṃkhyena
not by the sāṃkhya path
कर्मणा नkarmaṇā na
not by karma
न विद्ययाna vidyayā
not by meditation (on a personal god)
ब्रह्मात्मैकत्व–बोधेनbrahmātmaikatva–bodhena
(only) by the realisation of oneness of the Self with Brahman
मोक्षः सिद्ध्यतिmokṣaḥ siddhyati
liberation is attained
न अन्यथाna anyathā
not otherwise
Translation
Liberation is not attained by yoga, by sāṃkhya, by karma or by meditation on a personal god. It is attained by the realisation of oneness of the Self with Brahman and not otherwise.
Annotation
1) Liberation is not possible by yoga and sāṃkhya schools which are dualist doctrines. It is not achieved by the rituals enjoined on a person in the earlier portions of the Vedas. It is also not attained by meditations on a personal god (saguṇa–upāsanā). Upanishads clearly assert that any notion of duality leaves a person in fear. Fearlessness is possible only in the non–dual realisation. 2) Anything achieved by karma suffers from the limitations of being ephemeral and dying in nature. Liberation is not one such (Jagadguru). It should not however be understood that the above methods are of no use at all. All these are the preparatory steps for purification of mind.