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 ||
耶若那伐迦言曰：“王中之最胜者啊，我已为汝宣说数论（Sāṅkhya）之智。今当从我受持瑜伽（Yoga）之智——依其真实义理——如我所闻、所见、所悟者而说。”
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.