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SB 8.24.55

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 55

purāṇa-saṁhitāṁ divyāṁ
sāṅkhya-yoga-kriyāvatīm
satyavratasya rājarṣer
ātma-guhyam aśeṣataḥ


SYNONYMS

purāṇa—the subject matter explained in the Purāṇas, the old histories, especially the Matsya Purāṇa; saṁhitām—the Vedic instructions contained in Brahma-saṁhitā and other saṁhitās; divyām—all transcendental literatures; sāṅkhya—the philosophical way of sāṅkhya-yoga; yoga—the science of self-realization or bhakti-yoga; kriyāvatīm—practically applied in life; satyavratasya—of King Satyavrata; rāja-ṛṣeḥ—the great king and saint; ātma-guhyam—all the mysteries of self-realization; aśeṣataḥ—including all branches.


TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead thus explained to King Satyavrata the spiritual science known as sāṅkhya-yoga, the science by which one distinguishes between matter and spirit [in other words, bhakti-yoga], along with the instructions contained in the Purāṇas [the old histories] and the saṁhitās. The Lord explained Himself in all these literatures.

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