Shloka 81

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

Devanagari script

एवमेक॑ सांख्ययोगं वेदारण्यकमेव च

Transliteration

evaṁ ekaṁ sāṅkhyayogaṁ vedāraṇyakam eva ca | pañcarātrāgamaṁ caiva bhaktimārga-pradarśakam || ete sarve śāstrāṇi ekalakṣya-sādhakāni iti ekam ucyante | anyonyāṅgāni caite | sarvakarmāṇi bhagavato nārāyaṇasya caraṇāravindeṣu samarpayitum ekānta-bhaktānāṁ dharmaḥ ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: Kaya nga, ang Sāṅkhya—na nagtuturo ng paghiwalay ng pag-unawa sa Sarili at sa di-Sarili; ang Yoga—na nagtuturo ng pagpigil sa mga pag-alon ng isip; ang bahaging Āraṇyaka ng mga Veda (ang mga Upaniṣad)—na naghahayag ng di-pagkakaiba ng kaluluwang indibidwal at ni Brahman; at ang tradisyong Pañcarātra—na naglalahad ng landas ng debosyon: ang lahat ng ito’y tinatawag na iisa, sapagkat iisang layon ang kanilang pinaglilingkuran. Nagkakaugnay at nagtutulungan ang mga ito, na wari’y mga sangkap ng isa’t isa. Para sa mga tapat na ganap ang pagtalima, ang tunay na dharma ay ialay ang bawat gawa sa mga paang-lotus ng Panginoong Nārāyaṇa.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एकम्: one (single)
• एकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सांख्ययोगम्: Sankhya and Yoga (as a combined teaching)
• सांख्ययोगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांख्ययोग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वेदारण्यम्: the Aranyaka portion of the Veda
• वेदारण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदारण्यम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Nārāyaṇa
• Vedas
• Āraṇyaka (Upaniṣads)
• Pañcarātra Āgama

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Different spiritual disciplines—Sāṅkhya (discernment), Yoga (mental restraint), Upaniṣadic wisdom (non-duality of jīva and brahman), and Pañcarātra devotion—are not competing systems but complementary means toward one goal; for the one-pointed devotee, the culmination is dedicating all actions to Nārāyaṇa.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśampāyana’s discourse within the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, he synthesizes multiple śāstric approaches and frames them as mutually supportive, concluding with a devotional ethic of offering every deed to the Lord.