BG 13.24

ध्यानेनात्मनि पश्यन्ति केचिदात्मानमात्मना ।
अन्ये साङ्ख्येन योगेन कर्मयोगेन चापरे ॥
dhyānenātmani paśyanti kecid ātmānam ātmanā
anye sāṅkhyena yogena karma-yogena cāpare

Word-for-word meanings

kecit — some;  paśyanti — directly perceive;  ātmānam — the Supreme Self;  ātmanā — self-disclosed;  ātmani — within the heart;  dhyānena — through meditation;  anye — others;  sāṅkhyena — through the path of analytic knowledge;  yogena — [others] through the path of aṣṭāṅga-yoga;  apare ca — and others still;  karma-yogena — through the path of motiveless action.

Translation

Some directly perceive the ātmā [the Supreme Self] self-disclosed within the heart through meditation [on the Supreme], others do so through the path of analytic knowledge (sāṅkhya), others through the path of aṣṭāṅga-yoga, and still others through the path of motiveless action (karma-yoga).

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