Shloka 1
नारद–शुक संवादः (Nārada–Śuka Dialogue): Tyāga, Saṃyama, and Vyakta–Avyakta Viveka
ऑपन-माज बछ। अकाल षोडशाधिकत्रिशततमोब् ध्याय: योगका वर्णन और उसके साधनसे परब्रह्म परमात्माकी प्राप्ति याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच सांख्यज्ञानं मया प्रोक्ते योगज्ञानं निबोध मे । यथाश्रुतं यथादृष्ट॑ तत्त्वेन नृपसत्तम
Yājñavalkya uvāca: Sāṅkhyajñānaṃ mayā proktaṃ yogajñānaṃ nibodha me | yathāśrutaṃ yathādṛṣṭaṃ tattvena nṛpasattama ||
Yājñavalkya nói: “Hỡi bậc vương giả tối thượng, ta đã giảng cho ngươi tri kiến của Sāṅkhya rồi. Nay hãy nghe từ ta tri kiến về Yoga—được trình bày theo đúng chân lý—đúng như điều ta đã nghe, đã thấy và đã thấu hiểu.”
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse marks a transition from Sāṅkhya (discriminative philosophical knowledge) to Yoga (practical discipline). Yājñavalkya emphasizes that Yoga will be taught ‘in truth’ (tattvena), grounded both in received tradition (śruta) and direct insight (dṛṣṭa).
In Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, the sage Yājñavalkya addresses a king and announces that after completing the exposition of Sāṅkhya, he will now present the doctrine of Yoga—its authentic principles as he has learned and realized them.