Shloka 73
अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः
Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic
सांख्यं च योगं च सनातने द्वे वेदाश्न सर्वे नेखिलेन राजन् | सर्वे: समस्तैर्ऋषिभिर्निरुक्तो नारायणो विश्वमिदं पुराणम्
sāṅkhyaṃ ca yogaṃ ca sanātane dve vedāśna sarve nekhilena rājan | sarvaiḥ samastair ṛṣibhir nirukto nārāyaṇo viśvam idaṃ purāṇam |
Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai Raja, Sāṅkhya dan Yoga ialah dua jalan yang kekal; seluruh Veda, dengan lengkapnya, turut terkandung di dalamnya. Dan oleh semua resi bersama-sama telah diisytiharkan: Nārāyaṇa ialah seluruh alam semesta purba ini sendiri.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms that Sāṅkhya (discriminative knowledge) and Yoga (disciplined practice) are the two perennial frameworks present throughout the Vedas, and it culminates in a theological-cosmological claim: Nārāyaṇa is identified with the totality of the ancient universe—implying that true knowledge and practice converge in recognizing the divine as the ground and substance of all.
In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vaiśampāyana addresses the king and summarizes a consensus of the sages: the Vedic tradition encompasses both Sāṅkhya and Yoga, and their ultimate purport is the proclamation of Nārāyaṇa as the all-pervading reality of the cosmos.