The following is taken
from the Pancadasi written by Sri Vidyaranya Swamin. Sri Vidyaranya
Swamin is said to have been the Head of the S’ringeri Math (one of the
four principal Maths established by Bhagavan Shankaracharya). The
Pancadasi is considered to be one of the classics of Advaita Vendanta.

“(Question):
By discrimination one can feel that the Self is the dearest, but without the
practice of Yoga what good is it?

“(Reply) The goal
which is reached by Yoga can also be reached by discrimination. Yoga is a
means to knowledge; doesn’t knowledge arise from discrimination? ‘The
state achieved by the Sankhyas* is also achieved by the Yogis.’
Thus it has been said in the Gita (5:6) about the identity of the fruit of both
Yoga and discrimination. Knowing that for some Yoga is difficult and for
some others knowledge, the great Lord Sri Krishna speaks of these two paths.
What specialty is there in Yoga when knowledge has been declared as common to
both? Both the Yogi and the Viveki (he who practices discrimination) are
alike freed from attachment and aversion.

*Sankhya philosophy
offers a framework for all the levels of manifestation, from the subtlest to
the grossest. Sankhya comes from samyag
akhyate, which literally means that
which explains the whole. Sankhya deals with prakriti (matter), purusha
(consciousness), buddhi or mahat (intelligence), ahamkara (I-am-ness), three
gunas (elements of stability, activity, and lightness), mind (manas), cognitive
and active senses (indriyas), and the five subtle and gross elements (earth,
water, fire, air, and space). - From “Six Schools of Indian Philosophy”
by Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati