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SB 8.24.55

Devanāgarī

पुराणसंहितां दिव्यां साङ्ख्ययोगक्रियावतीम् । सत्यव्रतस्य राजर्षेरात्मगुह्यमशेषत: ॥ ५५ ॥

Text

purāṇa-saṁhitāṁ divyāṁ sāṅkhya-yoga-kriyāvatīm satyavratasya rājarṣer ātma-guhyam aśeṣataḥ

Synonyms

purāṇa—the subject matter explained in thePurāṇas,the old histories, especially theMatsya Purāṇa;saṁhitām—the Vedic instructions contained inBrahma-saṁhitāand othersaṁhitās;divyām—all transcendental literatures;sāṅkhya—the philosophical way ofsāṅkhya-yoga;yoga—the science of self-realization orbhakti-yoga;kriyāvatīm—practically applied in life;satyavratasya—of King Satyavrata;rāja-ṛṣeḥ—the great king and saint;ātma-guhyam—all the mysteries of self-realization;aśeṣataḥ—including all branches.

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead thus explained to King Satyavrata the spiritual science known as sāṅkhya-yoga, the science by which one distinguishes between matter and spirit [in other words, bhakti-yoga], along with the instructions contained in the Purāṇas [the old histories] and the saṁhitās. The Lord explained Himself in all these literatures.

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