Shloka 18
Adhyāya 302: Guṇa-vicāra, Gati-bheda, and the Imperishable State
Yājñavalkya–Janaka
हिरण्यगर्भो भगवानेष बुद्धिरिति स्मृत: । महानिति च योगेषु विरिज्चिरिति चाप्यज:,परमेश्वरसे उत्पन्न जो सबके अग्रज भगवान् हिरण्यगर्भ हैं, ये ही बुद्धि कहे गये हैं। योगशास्त्रमें ये ही महान् कहे गये हैं। इन्हींको विरिज्चि तथा अज भी कहते हैं
hiraṇyagarbho bhagavān eṣa buddhir iti smṛtaḥ | mahān iti ca yogeṣu viriñcir iti cāpy ajaḥ |
Vasiṣṭha dijo: «El Bienaventurado Señor, el primogénito de todos—Hiraṇyagarbha—es recordado como “Buddhi” (inteligencia cósmica). En las disciplinas del Yoga también se le llama “Mahān” (el Gran Principio). Asimismo es conocido como “Viriñci” y también como “Aja” (el No Nacido).»
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse equates multiple philosophical and devotional names—Buddhi (cosmic intelligence), Mahān/Mahat (the great principle), Viriñci (creator aspect), and Aja (the unborn)—as referring to the same primordial divine principle, Hiraṇyagarbha, emphasizing unity behind different doctrinal vocabularies.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing by identifying the supreme, first-origin principle using terms familiar to different traditions (Sāṅkhya and Yoga), clarifying that these are not competing entities but alternate names for the same cosmic source.