Shloka 18
Adhyāya 314 — हिमवदाश्रमः, शक्तिक्षेपकथा, तथा स्वाध्यायविधिः
Himalayan Hermitage, the Myth of the Thrown Spear, and Rules of Vedic Study
सांख्यज्ञानं च तत्त्वेन पृथग्योगं तथैव च । अरिष्टानि च तत्त्वानि वक्तुमरहसि सत्तम । विदितं सर्वमेतत् ते पाणावामलकं यथा
Janaka uvāca:
Sāṅkhyajñānaṃ ca tattvena pṛthag yogaṃ tathaiva ca |
Ariṣṭāni ca tattvāni vaktum arhasi sattama |
Viditaṃ sarvam etat te pāṇāv āmalakaṃ yathā ||
ジャナカ王は言った。「数論（サーンキヤ）の知をその真相に即して、また別立てに瑜伽（ヨーガ）の修行を説き、さらに死を予告する凶兆の諸相を正確に語ってほしい。おお、善き者のうち最勝の方よ。あなたにはそれを語るにふさわしい。これらすべては、あなたにとって掌に置かれたアーマラカ果（āmalaka）のように明らかなのだから。」
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a request for clear, truthful instruction: distinguish Sāṅkhya (discriminative knowledge of reality) from Yoga (practical discipline), and explain ariṣṭas—signs understood as forewarnings of death—emphasizing that authentic teaching should present each domain precisely and without confusion.
King Janaka addresses a revered interlocutor (called “sattama”), asking for an authoritative exposition on Sāṅkhya, Yoga, and death-portents, praising the teacher’s mastery by the simile of the āmalaka fruit visible in one’s palm.