Shloka 30
अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu
एतावदेव तत्त्वानां सांख्यमाहुर्मनीषिण: । सांख्ये विधिविधानज्ञा नित्यं सांख्यपथे रता:
etāvad eva tattvānāṃ sāṅkhyam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ | sāṅkhye vidhividhānajñā nityaṃ sāṅkhyapathe ratāḥ ||
قال فاسيشثا: «هذا وحده هو إحصاء المبادئ على مذهب السانكْهيا (Sāṅkhya)، هكذا يقرّر الحكماء. والذين يعرفون منهج السانكْهيا وانضباطه، ويلازمون طريقه على الدوام، يذكرون على وجه الدقة هذا العدد من الحقائق.»
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms that Sāṅkhya is fundamentally an exact enumeration of tattvas (principles of reality), and that authoritative teachers who follow Sāṅkhya’s disciplined method agree on a definite, limited count—classically understood as the standard Sāṅkhya set of principles.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing his listener within the Śānti Parva’s philosophical discourse, clarifying what competent Sāṅkhya practitioners maintain about the number of fundamental principles, thereby grounding the discussion in a recognized doctrinal consensus.