Shloka 1
नारद–शुक संवादः (Nārada–Śuka Dialogue): Tyāga, Saṃyama, and Vyakta–Avyakta Viveka
ऑपन-माज बछ। अकाल षोडशाधिकत्रिशततमोब् ध्याय: योगका वर्णन और उसके साधनसे परब्रह्म परमात्माकी प्राप्ति याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच सांख्यज्ञानं मया प्रोक्ते योगज्ञानं निबोध मे । यथाश्रुतं यथादृष्ट॑ तत्त्वेन नृपसत्तम,याज्ञवल्क्यजी कहते हैं--नृपश्रेष्ठ! मैं सांख्यसम्बन्धी ज्ञान तो तुम्हें बतला चुका। अब जैसा मैंने देखा, सुना या समझा है, उसके अनुसार योगशास्त्रका तात्विक ज्ञान मुझसे सुनो
Yājñavalkya uvāca: Sāṅkhyajñānaṃ mayā proktaṃ yogajñānaṃ nibodha me | yathāśrutaṃ yathādṛṣṭaṃ tattvena nṛpasattama ||
Yājñavalkya said: “I have already taught you the knowledge of Sāṅkhya. Now learn from me the knowledge of Yoga—O best of kings—set forth in its true principles, just as I have heard it, seen it, and understood it.”
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse marks a transition from Sāṅkhya (discriminative philosophical knowledge) to Yoga (practical discipline). Yājñavalkya emphasizes that Yoga will be taught ‘in truth’ (tattvena), grounded both in received tradition (śruta) and direct insight (dṛṣṭa).
In Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, the sage Yājñavalkya addresses a king and announces that after completing the exposition of Sāṅkhya, he will now present the doctrine of Yoga—its authentic principles as he has learned and realized them.