Shloka 4
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
यं पठन्ति सदा सांख्याश्षिन्तयन्ति च योगिन: । परं प्रधानं पुरुषमधिष्ठातारमी श्वरम्
yaṃ paṭhanti sadā sāṅkhyāś cintayanti ca yoginaḥ | paraṃ pradhānaṃ puruṣam adhiṣṭhātāram īśvaram ||
Vāyu sprach: „Den, den die Weisen der Sāṅkhya-Lehre unablässig rezitieren und preisen und den die Yogins beständig betrachten — ihn nennen sie den Höchsten, Pradhāna, Puruṣa, den Aufseher und den Herrn. Zu dieser souveränen Wirklichkeit, dem letzten Grund der Welt und Ziel disziplinierter Meditation, nehme ich Zuflucht.“
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents the Supreme as the shared object of multiple disciplines: Sāṅkhya names Him in metaphysical categories (Pradhāna, Puruṣa), while Yoga approaches Him through sustained contemplation. Ethically, it affirms that true knowledge and practice converge in reverence for the highest governing reality.
Vāyu speaks in praise of the supreme Lord, describing how different spiritual communities—Sāṅkhya scholars and yogins—relate to Him through recitation and meditation, thereby framing a devotional invocation within the Anuśāsana Parva’s broader instruction on dharma and sacred observances.