Shloka 177
Puṣkara Mahatmya: Brahmā’s Lotus-Tīrtha, Sacrifice, Initiation, and Kṣetra-Dharma
संख्याख्या योगजा चान्या विभागं तत्र मे शृणु । चतुर्विंशतितत्वानि प्रधानादीनि संख्यया
saṃkhyākhyā yogajā cānyā vibhāgaṃ tatra me śṛṇu | caturviṃśatitatvāni pradhānādīni saṃkhyayā
संख्याख्या योगजा चान्या विभागं तत्र मे शृणु। प्रधानादीनि चतुर्विंशतितत्त्वानि संख्यया परिगण्यन्ते॥
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Concept: Adhyatma is divided into Sāṅkhya and Yoga; Sāṅkhya enumerates the twenty-four tattvas beginning with Pradhāna.
Application: Use analytical reflection (what is body, senses, mind, ego, nature?) to reduce identification; pair it with steady practice (yoga) so devotion becomes stable rather than sentimental.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: चान्या = च + अन्या; चतुर्विंशतितत्वानि is a dvigu compound; प्रधानादीनि = प्रधान + आदीनि (tatpurusha).
FAQs
It refers to the classical Sāṅkhya enumeration of reality-principles (tattvas), starting with Pradhāna (primordial nature) and proceeding through evolutes like intellect, ego, mind, senses, subtle elements, and gross elements—counted as twenty-four.
It presents them as two explanatory frameworks: Sāṅkhya as a counted, analytical scheme of tattvas, and Yoga as a complementary approach “arising” as a practical discipline that engages these principles experientially.
The emphasis is doctrinal classification: understanding creation and the cosmos through a structured metaphysical inventory (tattva-vibhāga), situating Sāṅkhya-Yoga categories within the Purāṇic account of manifestation.