Brahma Purana — Vasiṣṭha on Sāṃkhya: Vidyā–Avidyā, the Twenty-Fifth Principle, and the Akṣara–Kṣara Distinction, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

एवं परमसंबोधात् पञ्चविंशो ऽनुबुद्धवान् अक्षरत्वं निगच्छति त्यक्त्वा क्षरम् अनामयम् //

Translation

This verse (Brahma Purana, chapter 244, verse 40) is revered as sacred speech, setting forth dharma and the profound intent of the Puranic tradition.

Speaker

• Doctrinal summarizer: identifies liberation as the 25th principle (Puruṣa) attaining akṣara by leaving kṣara.