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Shloka 30

अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu

एतावदेव तत्त्वानां सांख्यमाहुर्मनीषिण: । सांख्ये विधिविधानज्ञा नित्यं सांख्यपथे रता:,सांख्यशास्त्रीय विधि-विधानके ज्ञाता और सदा सांख्यमार्गमें ही अनुरक्त रहनेवाले मनीषी पुरुष इतनी ही सांख्यसम्मत तत्त्वोंकी संख्या बतलाते हैं। अर्थात्‌ अव्यक्त, महत्तत्त्व, अहंकार तथा पज्चतन्मात्रा--इन आठ प्रकृतियोंसहित उपर्युक्त सोलह विकार मिलकर कुल चौबीस तत्त्व सांख्यशास्त्रके विद्वानोंने स्वीकार किये हैं

etāvad eva tattvānāṃ sāṅkhyam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ | sāṅkhye vidhividhānajñā nityaṃ sāṅkhyapathe ratāḥ ||

Vasiṣṭha sprach: „Nur dies ist die sāṅkhya‑mäßige Aufzählung der Prinzipien, so erklären es die Weisen. Wer Methode und Zucht des Sāṅkhya kennt und immerdar seinem Pfad ergeben bleibt, nennt genau diese Zahl der Wirklichkeiten.“

एतावत्this much, so much
एतावत्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएतावत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एवonly, indeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
तत्त्वानाम्of the principles (tattvas)
तत्त्वानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootतत्त्व
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
सांख्यम्the enumeration / Sāṅkhya (count)
सांख्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसांख्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आहुःthey say
आहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootअह्
FormPerfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
मनीषिणःthe wise (sages)
मनीषिणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनीषिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सांख्येin Sāṅkhya
सांख्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसांख्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
विधिrule, injunction
विधि:
TypeNoun
Rootविधि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विधानprocedure, arrangement
विधान:
TypeNoun
Rootविधान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
ज्ञाःknowers
ज्ञाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
सांख्यof Sāṅkhya
सांख्य:
TypeNoun
Rootसांख्य
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
पथेon the path
पथे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपथ
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
रताःengaged, devoted
रताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

वसिष्ठ उवाच

V
Vasiṣṭha
S
Sāṅkhya (doctrine/path)
M
manīṣiṇaḥ (wise sages)

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.