Shloka 166
विशन्ति विप्रप्रवरा: सांख्या भागवतैः सह । प्रद्यम्नसे भी युक्त होकर वे सांख्यज्ञानसम्पन्न श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मण भगवद्भक्तोंके साथ जीवस्वरूप संकर्षणमें प्रविष्ट होते हैं
viśanti viprapravarāḥ sāṅkhyā bhāgavataiḥ saha | pradyamnase bhī yuktaḥ hokara ve sāṅkhyajñānasampanna śreṣṭha brāhmaṇa bhagavadbhaktoṃke sātha jīvasvarūpa saṅkarṣaṇe praviṣṭa hote haiṃ |
Narada said: The foremost among the Brahmins—endowed with Sāṅkhya insight and accompanied by devotees of the Lord—enter into Saṅkarṣaṇa, the principle identified with the individual self. Thus, being united with Pradyumna, they attain absorption into the inner reality that underlies embodied life.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links discriminative wisdom (Sāṅkhya) with devotion (Bhāgavata-bhakti), presenting liberation as an inward ‘entering’ or absorption into the principle identified with the self (Saṅkarṣaṇa), rather than merely external ritual attainment.
Nārada describes spiritually accomplished Brahmins—Sāṅkhya-knowers and devotees—who, in association with Pradyumna, are said to enter into Saṅkarṣaṇa, indicating a theological-metaphysical movement toward the inner self-principle and ultimate realization.