Shloka 31

यत्‌ तद्‌ बुद्धेः परं प्राहु: सांख्या योगाश्व सर्वश: । बुद्धयमानं महाप्राज्ञमबुद्धपरिवर्जनात्‌,सांख्य और योगके सम्पूर्ण विद्वान्‌ जिसको बुद्धिसे परे बताते हैं, जो परम ज्ञानसम्पन्न है, अहंकार आदि जड तत्त्वोंका परित्याग (बाध) कर देनेपर शेष रहे हुए चिन्मय तत्त्वके रूपमें जिसका बोध होता है, जो अज्ञात, अव्यक्त, सगुण ईश्वर, निर्गुण ईश्वर, नित्य और अधिष्ठाता कहा गया है, वह परमात्मा ही प्रकृति और उसके गुणों (चौबीस तत्त्वों) की अपेक्षा पचीसवा तत्त्व है, ऐसा सांख्य और योगमें कुशल तथा परमतत्त्वकी खोज करनेवाले विद्वान पुरुष समझते हैं

yat tad buddheḥ paraṃ prāhuḥ sāṅkhyā yogāś ca sarvaśaḥ | buddhyamānaṃ mahāprājñam abuddha-parivarjanāt ||

Vasiṣṭha disse: “Essa Realidade que os sāṅkhyas e os yogins, de todas as maneiras, declaram estar além do intelecto (buddhi)—supremamente sábia e cognoscível apenas quando os fatores não conscientes, como o ego e os demais, são postos de lado—é o Si mesmo Supremo. Ela é dita desconhecida, não manifesta (avyakta), o Senhor com atributos e também o Senhor sem atributos, eterna e sustentáculo interior. Assim, os versados em Sāṅkhya e Yoga e voltados para a verdade mais alta entendem o Si mesmo Supremo como o vigésimo quinto princípio, além de Prakṛti e de seus guṇas (os vinte e quatro princípios).”

यत्which/that (thing)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
तत्that (very thing)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
बुद्धेःfrom/beyond intellect; of intellect
बुद्धेः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि
FormFeminine, Ablative/Genitive, Singular
परम्higher; beyond
परम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्राहुःthey have said/call
प्राहुः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + अह्
FormPerfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
सांख्याःSankhya (followers/knowers)
सांख्याः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसांख्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
योगाःYogins/knowers of Yoga
योगाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयोग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सर्वशःentirely; in every way
सर्वशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वशस्

वसिष्ठ उवाच

V
Vasiṣṭha
S
Sāṅkhya
Y
Yoga
P
Paramātmā
P
Prakṛti
G
Guṇas

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that the Supreme Self (Paramātmā/Puruṣa) is beyond the reach of ordinary intellect and is realized when insentient constituents like ego and other material principles are negated; in Sāṅkhya-Yoga terms, it is the twenty-fifth principle transcending Prakṛti’s twenty-four categories.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Vasiṣṭha explains to his listener a Sāṅkhya-Yoga framework: how sages describe the ultimate Reality and how it stands apart from the material constituents, guiding the seeker toward discriminative insight and renunciation of the non-self.