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Shloka 44

Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda

Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped

सांख्ययोगौ मया प्रोक्तौ शास्त्रद्धयनिदर्शनात्‌ । यदेव शास्त्र सांख्योक्ते योगदर्शनमेव ततू

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

Vasiṣṭha nói: “Ta đã giảng Sāṅkhya và Yoga dựa trên việc học kinh điển và chỉ rõ ý chỉ của chúng. Nhưng kỳ thực, chính giáo lý được gọi là Sāṅkhya ấy cũng là kiến giải của Yoga—vì sở chứng và quả vị tối hậu của cả hai là một.”

सांख्ययोगौSāṅkhya and Yoga (the two systems)
सांख्ययोगौ:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसांख्य + योग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
मयाby me
मया:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Instrumental, Singular
प्रोक्तौdeclared / taught
प्रोक्तौ:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + वच् (क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
शास्त्राध्ययनिदर्शनात्from/with reference to the illustration (evidence) of scriptural study
शास्त्राध्ययनिदर्शनात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootशास्त्र + अध्ययन + निदर्शन
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
यत्that which
यत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
शास्त्रम्the treatise / doctrine
शास्त्रम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशास्त्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सांख्योक्तेin what is called/said to be Sāṅkhya
सांख्योक्ते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसांख्य + उक्त
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
योगदर्शनम्the Yoga view/teaching
योगदर्शनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयोग + दर्शन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed / itself
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
तत्that (same thing)
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

वसिष्ठ उवाच

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Educational Q&A

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.

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.