Shloka 44

Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda

Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped

Devanagari script

सांख्ययोगौ मया प्रोक्तौ शास्त्रद्धयनिदर्शनात्‌ । यदेव शास्त्र सांख्योक्ते योगदर्शनमेव ततू,मैंने सांख्य और योगका जो वर्णन किया है, उसमें इन दोनोंको पृथक्‌-पृथक्‌ दो शास्त्र बताया है; परंतु वास्तवमें जो सांख्यशास्त्र है, वही योगशास्त्र भी है (क्योंकि दोनोंका फल एक ही है)

Transliteration

sāṅkhyayogau mayā proktau śāstrādhyayanidarśanāt | yad eva śāstraṃ sāṅkhyokte yogadarśanam eva tat ||

Translation

శాస్త్రాధ్యయనాన్ని ఆధారంగా చేసుకొని, దాని తాత్పర్యాన్ని సూచిస్తూ నేను సాంఖ్యమూ యోగమూ వివరించాను. కాని నిజానికి శాస్త్రంలో సాంఖ్యమని చెప్పబడినదే యోగదర్శనం; ఎందుకంటే రెండింటి ఫలము ఒక్కటే।

Word by Word

सांख्ययोगौSāṅkhya and Yoga (the two systems)

मयाby me

प्रोक्तौdeclared / taught

शास्त्राध्ययनिदर्शनात्from/with reference to the illustration (evidence) of scriptural study

यत्that which

एवindeed / just

शास्त्रम्the treatise / doctrine

सांख्योक्तेin what is called/said to be Sāṅkhya

योगदर्शनम्the Yoga view/teaching

एवindeed / itself

तत्that (same thing)

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Although Sāṅkhya and Yoga are often presented as two distinct śāstras or methods, Vasiṣṭha asserts their essential unity: the true insight (darśana) and the final result they aim at are the same.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Vasiṣṭha is instructing by appealing to scriptural study, clarifying a potential confusion for the listener: the apparent division between Sāṅkhya and Yoga is largely pedagogical, not ultimately real.