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SB 3.25.31

Devanāgarī

मैत्रेय उवाच विदित्वार्थं कपिलो मातुरित्थं जातस्‍नेहो यत्र तन्वाभिजात: । तत्त्वाम्नायं यत्प्रवदन्ति सांख्यं प्रोवाच वै भक्तिवितानयोगम् ॥ ३१ ॥

Text

maitreya uvāca viditvārthaṁ kapilo mātur itthaṁ jāta-sneho yatra tanvābhijātaḥ tattvāmnāyaṁ yat pravadanti sāṅkhyaṁ provāca vai bhakti-vitāna-yogam

Synonyms

maitreyaḥuvāca—Maitreya said;viditvā—having known;artham—purpose;kapilaḥ—Lord Kapila;mātuḥ—of His mother;ittham—thus;jāta-snehaḥ—became compassionate;yatra—upon her;tanvā—from her body;abhijātaḥ—born;tattva-āmnāyam—truths received by disciplic succession;yat—which;pravadanti—they call;sāṅkhyam—Sāṅkhya philosophy;provāca—He described;vai—in fact;bhakti—devotional service;vitāna—spreading;yogam—mysticyoga..

Translation

Śrī Maitreya said: After hearing the statement of His mother, Kapila could understand her purpose, and He became compassionate towards her because of being born of her body. He described the Sāṅkhya system of philosophy, which is a combination of devotional service and mystic realization, as received by disciplic succession.

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