Brahma Purana — Chapter 244
BrP 244.1
सांख्यदर्शनम् एतावद् उक्तं ते नृपसत्तम विद्याविद्ये त्व् इदानीं मे त्वं निबोधानुपूर्वशः ॥
sāṃkhyadarśanam etāvad uktaṃ te nṛpasattama vidyāvidye tv idānīṃ me tvaṃ nibodhānupūrvaśaḥ //
Thus much of the Sāṃkhya view has been told you, O best of kings; now learn from me, in order, knowledge and ignorance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 244.2
अभेद्यम् आहुर् अव्यक्तं सर्गप्रलयधर्मिणः सर्गप्रलय इत्य् उक्तं विद्याविद्ये च विंशकः ॥
abhedyam āhur avyaktaṃ sargapralayadharmiṇaḥ sargapralaya ity uktaṃ vidyāvidye ca viṃśakaḥ //
They call the unmanifest indivisible, (though) it has creation and dissolution for its nature; creation and dissolution have been spoken of, and knowledge and ignorance, and the twentyfold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.3
परस्परस्य विद्या वै तन् निबोधानुपूर्वशः यथोक्तम् ऋषिभिस् तात सांख्यस्यातिनिदर्शनम् ॥
parasparasya vidyā vai tan nibodhānupūrvaśaḥ yathoktam ṛṣibhis tāta sāṃkhyasyātinidarśanam //
Knowledge is indeed of one thing relative to another; learn that in order, as it has been declared by the sages, dear one — the supreme exposition of the Sāṃkhya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.4
कर्मेन्द्रियाणां सर्वेषां विद्या बुद्धीन्द्रियं स्मृतम् बुद्धीन्द्रियाणां च तथा विशेषा इति नः श्रुतम् ॥
karmendriyāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ vidyā buddhīndriyaṃ smṛtam buddhīndriyāṇāṃ ca tathā viśeṣā iti naḥ śrutam //
Of all the organs of action, the organ of intellect (sense-faculty) is held to be their knowledge; and of the organs of intellect, likewise, the particulars — so we have heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.5
विषयाणां मनस् तेषां विद्याम् आहुर् मनीषिणः मनसः पञ्च भूतानि विद्या इत्य् अभिचक्षते ॥
viṣayāṇāṃ manas teṣāṃ vidyām āhur manīṣiṇaḥ manasaḥ pañca bhūtāni vidyā ity abhicakṣate //
The thinkers say that mind is the knowledge of those objects; and they declare the five elements to be the knowledge of mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 244.6
अहंकारस् तु भूतानां पञ्चानां नात्र संशयः अहंकारस् तथा विद्या बुद्धिर् विद्या नरेश्वर ॥
ahaṃkāras tu bhūtānāṃ pañcānāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ ahaṃkāras tathā vidyā buddhir vidyā nareśvara //
But the I-maker is (the knowledge) of the five elements — there is no doubt here; and so the I-maker's knowledge is the intellect, O lord of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.7
बुद्ध्या प्रकृतिर् अव्यक्तं तत्त्वानां परमेश्वरः विद्या ज्ञेया नरश्रेष्ठ विधिश् च परमः स्मृतः ॥
buddhyā prakṛtir avyaktaṃ tattvānāṃ parameśvaraḥ vidyā jñeyā naraśreṣṭha vidhiś ca paramaḥ smṛtaḥ //
Beyond the intellect is prakṛti, the unmanifest, the supreme lord of the principles; it is to be known as knowledge, O best of men, and is held to be the highest ordinance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.8
अव्यक्तम् अपरं प्राहुर् विद्या वै पञ्चविंशकः सर्वस्य सर्वम् इत्य् उक्तं ज्ञेयज्ञानस्य पारगः ॥
avyaktam aparaṃ prāhur vidyā vai pañcaviṃśakaḥ sarvasya sarvam ity uktaṃ jñeyajñānasya pāragaḥ //
They call the unmanifest the lower; knowledge indeed is the twenty-fifth. It is said to be the all of all — (he is) one who has crossed beyond what is to be known and the knowing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.9
ज्ञानम् अव्यक्तम् इत्य् उक्तं ज्ञेयं वै पञ्चविंशकम् तथैव ज्ञानम् अव्यक्तं विज्ञाता पञ्चविंशकः ॥
jñānam avyaktam ity uktaṃ jñeyaṃ vai pañcaviṃśakam tathaiva jñānam avyaktaṃ vijñātā pañcaviṃśakaḥ //
Knowledge is said to be the unmanifest, and what is to be known is the twenty-fifth; likewise knowledge is the unmanifest, and the knower is the twenty-fifth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.10
विद्याविद्ये तु तत्त्वेन मयोक्ते वै विशेषतः अक्षरं च क्षरं चैव यद् उक्तं तन् निबोध मे ॥
vidyāvidye tu tattvena mayokte vai viśeṣataḥ akṣaraṃ ca kṣaraṃ caiva yad uktaṃ tan nibodha me //
Knowledge and ignorance have been declared by me in their true nature, specifically; now learn from me what has been said about the imperishable and the perishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 244.11
उभाव् एतौ क्षराव् उक्तौ उभाव् एताव् अनक्षरौ कारणं तु प्रवक्ष्यामि यथाज्ञानं तु ज्ञानतः ॥
ubhāv etau kṣarāv uktau ubhāv etāv anakṣarau kāraṇaṃ tu pravakṣyāmi yathājñānaṃ tu jñānataḥ //
Both these are called perishable, and both these are (called) imperishable; but I shall declare the cause, according to knowledge, on the basis of knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.12
अनादिनिधनाव् एतौ उभाव् एवेश्वरौ मतौ तत्त्वसंज्ञाव् उभाव् एव प्रोच्येते ज्ञानचिन्तकैः ॥
anādinidhanāv etau ubhāv eveśvarau matau tattvasaṃjñāv ubhāv eva procyete jñānacintakaiḥ //
Both these are held to be without beginning or end, and both indeed to be lords; both are spoken of as bearing the name 'principle' (tattva) by those who reflect on knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 244.13
सर्गप्रलयधर्मित्वाद् अव्यक्तं प्राहुर् अव्ययम् तद् एतद् गुणसर्गाय विकुर्वाणं पुनः पुनः ॥
sargapralayadharmitvād avyaktaṃ prāhur avyayam tad etad guṇasargāya vikurvāṇaṃ punaḥ punaḥ //
Because it has the property of creation and dissolution, they call the unmanifest imperishable — this same (unmanifest) transforming itself again and again for the creation of the constituents (guṇas).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 244.14
गुणानां महदादीनाम् उत्पद्यति परस्परम् अधिष्ठानं क्षेत्रम् आहुर् एतद् वै पञ्चविंशकम् ॥
guṇānāṃ mahadādīnām utpadyati parasparam adhiṣṭhānaṃ kṣetram āhur etad vai pañcaviṃśakam //
It produces the constituents beginning with mahat, one from another; this twenty-fifth they call the substrate, the field.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.15
यद् अन्तर्गुणजालं तु तद् व्यक्तात्मनि संक्षिपेत् तद् अहं तद् गुणैस् तैस् तु पञ्चविंशे विलीयते ॥
yad antarguṇajālaṃ tu tad vyaktātmani saṃkṣipet tad ahaṃ tad guṇais tais tu pañcaviṃśe vilīyate //
Whatever web of constituents is within, that he should draw together into the manifest self; that 'I', together with those constituents, dissolves into the twenty-fifth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.16
गुणा गुणेषु लीयन्ते तद् एका प्रकृतिर् भवेत् क्षेत्रज्ञो ऽपि तदा तावत् क्षेत्रज्ञः संप्रणीयते ॥
guṇā guṇeṣu līyante tad ekā prakṛtir bhavet kṣetrajño 'pi tadā tāvat kṣetrajñaḥ saṃpraṇīyate //
The constituents dissolve into the constituents; then there would be prakṛti alone. Then too the knower of the field, insofar as he is knower of the field, is led on (to that state).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.17
यदाक्षरं प्रकृतिर् यं गच्छते गुणसंज्ञिता निर्गुणत्वं च वै देहे गुणेषु परिवर्तनात् ॥
yadākṣaraṃ prakṛtir yaṃ gacchate guṇasaṃjñitā nirguṇatvaṃ ca vai dehe guṇeṣu parivartanāt //
When prakṛti, designated by the constituents, goes to that which is imperishable — and (there is) freedom from the constituents in the body, through revolving among the constituents...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.18
एवम् एव च क्षेत्रज्ञः क्षेत्रज्ञानपरिक्षयात् प्रकृत्या निर्गुणस् त्व् एष इत्य् एवम् अनुशुश्रुम ॥
evam eva ca kṣetrajñaḥ kṣetrajñānaparikṣayāt prakṛtyā nirguṇas tv eṣa ity evam anuśuśruma //
Just so the knower of the field, through the complete wearing away of the knowledge of the field, becomes free of the constituents by (separation from) prakṛti — thus have we heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.19
क्षरो भवत्य् एष यदा गुणवती गुणेष्व् अथ प्रकृतिं त्व् अथ जानाति निर्गुणत्वं तथात्मनः ॥
kṣaro bhavaty eṣa yadā guṇavatī guṇeṣv atha prakṛtiṃ tv atha jānāti nirguṇatvaṃ tathātmanaḥ //
This (self) becomes perishable when prakṛti, possessed of constituents, (abides) among the constituents; but then he comes to know prakṛti, and likewise the freedom of the self from the constituents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.20
तथा विशुद्धो भवति प्रकृतेः परिवर्जनात् अन्यो ऽहम् अन्येयम् इति यदा बुध्यति बुद्धिमान् ॥
tathā viśuddho bhavati prakṛteḥ parivarjanāt anyo 'ham anyeyam iti yadā budhyati buddhimān //
Thus he becomes pure through abandoning prakṛti, when the wise man understands, "I am one thing, this is another."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 244.21
तदैषो ऽव्यथताम् एति न च मिश्रत्वम् आव्रजेत् प्रकृत्या चैष राजेन्द्र मिश्रो ऽन्यो ऽन्यस्य दृश्यते ॥
tadaiṣo 'vyathatām eti na ca miśratvam āvrajet prakṛtyā caiṣa rājendra miśro 'nyo 'nyasya dṛśyate //
Then he attains freedom from pain and does not come to be mingled (with prakṛti); but mingled with prakṛti, O best of kings, he is seen as one thing (mistaken for) another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.22
यदा तु गुणजालं तत् प्राकृतं विजुगुप्सते पश्यते च परं पश्यंस् तदा पश्यन् नु संसृजेत् ॥
yadā tu guṇajālaṃ tat prākṛtaṃ vijugupsate paśyate ca paraṃ paśyaṃs tadā paśyan nu saṃsṛjet //
But when he comes to loathe that web of constituents belonging to prakṛti, and, seeing, sees the supreme, then, seeing, he would surely unite (with it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.23
किं मया कृतम् एतावद् यो ऽहं कालनिमज्जनः यथा मत्स्यो ह्य् अभिज्ञानाद् अनुवर्तितवाञ् जलम् ॥
kiṃ mayā kṛtam etāvad yo 'haṃ kālanimajjanaḥ yathā matsyo hy abhijñānād anuvartitavāñ jalam //
"What have I done all this while, I who am sunk in time, like a fish that has kept following the water out of (mis)recognition!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.24
अहम् एव हि संमोहाद् अन्यम् अन्यं जनाज् जनम् मत्स्यो यथोदकज्ञानाद् अनुवर्तितवान् इह ॥
aham eva hi saṃmohād anyam anyaṃ janāj janam matsyo yathodakajñānād anuvartitavān iha //
"It is I indeed who, out of delusion, (have gone) from one to another, from birth to birth, as a fish here keeps following on from its notion of the water."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.25
मत्स्यो ऽन्यत्वम् अथाज्ञानाद् उदकान् नाभिमन्यते आत्मानं तद् अवज्ञानाद् अन्यं चैव न वेद्म्य् अहम् ॥
matsyo 'nyatvam athājñānād udakān nābhimanyate ātmānaṃ tad avajñānād anyaṃ caiva na vedmy aham //
"A fish, out of ignorance, does not conceive of itself as other than the water; so I too, through that ignorance, do not know the self nor the other."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.26
ममास्तु धिक् कुबुद्धस्य यो ऽहं मग्न इमं पुनः अनुवर्तितवान् मोहाद् अन्यम् अन्यं जनाज् जनम् ॥
mamāstu dhik kubuddhasya yo 'haṃ magna imaṃ punaḥ anuvartitavān mohād anyam anyaṃ janāj janam //
"Shame on me, of evil understanding, who, sunk in this again, have out of delusion followed on from one to another, from birth to birth!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.27
अयम् अनुभवेद् बन्धुर् अनेन सह मे क्षयम् साम्यम् एकत्वतां यातो यादृशस् तादृशस् त्व् अहम् ॥
ayam anubhaved bandhur anena saha me kṣayam sāmyam ekatvatāṃ yāto yādṛśas tādṛśas tv aham //
"This (prakṛti) would experience (itself) as a kinsman; along with it comes my destruction. Having reached sameness and oneness (with it), whatever it is like, such am I."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.28
तुल्यताम् इह पश्यामि सदृशो ऽहम् अनेन वै अयं हि विमलो व्यक्तम् अहम् ईदृशकस् तदा ॥
tulyatām iha paśyāmi sadṛśo 'ham anena vai ayaṃ hi vimalo vyaktam aham īdṛśakas tadā //
I see here an equality: I am indeed like this one; for this one is stainless — clearly I too was such then.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 244.29
यो ऽहम् अज्ञानसंमोहाद् अज्ञया संप्रवृत्तवान् संसर्गाद् अतिसंसर्गात् स्थितः कालम् इमं त्व् अहम् ॥
yo 'ham ajñānasaṃmohād ajñayā saṃpravṛttavān saṃsargād atisaṃsargāt sthitaḥ kālam imaṃ tv aham //
I who, through the delusion of ignorance, went forth (into activity) along with Ignorance (prakṛti), have remained for all this time through contact and excessive contact.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.30
सो ऽहम् एवं वशीभूतः कालम् एतं न बुद्धवान् उत्तमाधममध्यानां ताम् अहं कथम् आवसे ॥
so 'ham evaṃ vaśībhūtaḥ kālam etaṃ na buddhavān uttamādhamamadhyānāṃ tām ahaṃ katham āvase //
Thus subjected (to her), I have not awakened for all this time; how can I go on dwelling in her, (the mother) of the high, the low, and the middling?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.31
समानमायया चेह सहवासम् अहं कथम् गच्छाम्य् अबुद्धभावत्वाद् इहेदानीं स्थिरो भव ॥
samānamāyayā ceha sahavāsam ahaṃ katham gacchāmy abuddhabhāvatvād ihedānīṃ sthiro bhava //
And how do I here come to dwell together with her whose nature is illusion, (I) being of like sort? Because of my unawakened condition — now be steady here!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.32
सहवासं न यास्यामि कालम् एतं विवञ्चनात् वञ्चितो ह्य् अनया यद् धि निर्विकारो विकारया ॥
sahavāsaṃ na yāsyāmi kālam etaṃ vivañcanāt vañcito hy anayā yad dhi nirvikāro vikārayā //
I shall not go to dwelling together (with her) for this length of time, because of (her) deceiving; for I, the changeless, have been deceived by her, the changeful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.33
न तत् तदपराद्धं स्याद् अपराधो ह्य् अयं मम यो ऽहम् अत्राभवं सक्तः पराङ्मुखम् उपस्थितः ॥
na tat tadaparāddhaṃ syād aparādho hy ayaṃ mama yo 'ham atrābhavaṃ saktaḥ parāṅmukham upasthitaḥ //
That would not be an offence committed by her; rather this offence is mine — I who was attached here and stood turned away (from the truth).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 244.34
ततो ऽस्मिन् बहुरूपो ऽथ स्थितो मूर्तिर् अमूर्तिमान् अमूर्तिश् चाप्य् अमूर्तात्मा ममत्वेन प्रधर्षितः ॥
tato 'smin bahurūpo 'tha sthito mūrtir amūrtimān amūrtiś cāpy amūrtātmā mamatvena pradharṣitaḥ //
Then, in her, being of many forms, the formless one stood as form; and though formless, of formless self, he was overpowered by the sense of 'mine'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.35
प्रकृत्या च तया तेन तासु तास्व् इह योनिषु निर्ममस्य ममत्वेन विकृतं तासु तासु च ॥
prakṛtyā ca tayā tena tāsu tāsv iha yoniṣu nirmamasya mamatvena vikṛtaṃ tāsu tāsu ca //
And by that prakṛti, through that (sense of mine), in these and those wombs here, for one who has no 'mine' a change was wrought by the sense of 'mine' in those various (wombs).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.36
योनिषु वर्तमानेन नष्टसंज्ञेन चेतसा समता न मया काचिद् अहंकारे कृता मया ॥
yoniṣu vartamānena naṣṭasaṃjñena cetasā samatā na mayā kācid ahaṃkāre kṛtā mayā //
With a mind that had lost its awareness while turning about in the wombs, no equality was made by me in respect of egoity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.37
आत्मानं बहुधा कृत्वा सो ऽयं भूयो युनक्ति माम् इदानीम् अवबुद्धो ऽस्मि निर्ममो निरहंकृतः ॥
ātmānaṃ bahudhā kṛtvā so 'yaṃ bhūyo yunakti mām idānīm avabuddho 'smi nirmamo nirahaṃkṛtaḥ //
Having made itself manifold, this one yokes me again; now I am awakened, free of 'mine', free of ego.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 244.38
ममत्वं मनसा नित्यम् अहंकारकृतात्मकम् अपलग्नाम् इमां हित्वा संश्रयिष्ये निरामयम् ॥
mamatvaṃ manasā nityam ahaṃkārakṛtātmakam apalagnām imāṃ hitvā saṃśrayiṣye nirāmayam //
Abandoning this clinging (prakṛti) — the sense of 'mine' constantly formed by the mind and constituted by egoity — I shall take refuge in the flawless one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.39
अनेन साम्यं यास्यामि नानयाहम् अचेतसा क्षेमं मम सहानेन नैवैकम् अनया सह ॥
anena sāmyaṃ yāsyāmi nānayāham acetasā kṣemaṃ mama sahānena naivaikam anayā saha //
I shall attain sameness with this one; not with her, the unconscious one. My welfare lies with this one, not any oneness with her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.40
एवं परमसंबोधात् पञ्चविंशो ऽनुबुद्धवान् अक्षरत्वं निगच्छति त्यक्त्वा क्षरम् अनामयम् ॥
evaṃ paramasaṃbodhāt pañcaviṃśo 'nubuddhavān akṣaratvaṃ nigacchati tyaktvā kṣaram anāmayam //
Thus, from supreme awakening, the twenty-fifth, having awakened, attains imperishability, abandoning the perishable — (he becomes) free of affliction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 244.41
अव्यक्तं व्यक्तधर्माणं सगुणं निर्गुणं तथा निर्गुणं प्रथमं दृष्ट्वा तादृग् भवति मैथिल ॥
avyaktaṃ vyaktadharmāṇaṃ saguṇaṃ nirguṇaṃ tathā nirguṇaṃ prathamaṃ dṛṣṭvā tādṛg bhavati maithila //
Having first seen the unmanifest that has the properties of the manifest, with qualities and likewise without qualities — the quality-less — he becomes such, O Maithila.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.42
अक्षरक्षरयोर् एतद् उक्तं तव निदर्शनम् मयेह ज्ञानसंपन्नं यथा श्रुतिनिदर्शनात् ॥
akṣarakṣarayor etad uktaṃ tava nidarśanam mayeha jñānasaṃpannaṃ yathā śrutinidarśanāt //
This illustration of the imperishable and the perishable has been told to you by me here, endowed with knowledge, in accordance with the testimony of scripture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 244.43
निःसंदिग्धं च सूक्ष्मं च विशुद्धं विमलं तथा प्रवक्ष्यामि तु ते भूयस् तन् निबोध यथाश्रुतम् ॥
niḥsaṃdigdhaṃ ca sūkṣmaṃ ca viśuddhaṃ vimalaṃ tathā pravakṣyāmi tu te bhūyas tan nibodha yathāśrutam //
But I shall declare it to you again, free of doubt and subtle, pure and stainless; learn it as it has been heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 244.44
सांख्ययोगो मया प्रोक्तः शास्त्रद्वयनिदर्शनात् यद् एव सांख्यशास्त्रोक्तं योगदर्शनम् एव तत् ॥
sāṃkhyayogo mayā proktaḥ śāstradvayanidarśanāt yad eva sāṃkhyaśāstroktaṃ yogadarśanam eva tat //
Sāṃkhya and Yoga have been declared by me from the evidence of the two systems; that very thing which is stated in the Sāṃkhya teaching is precisely the view of Yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 244.45
प्रबोधनपरं ज्ञानं सांख्यानाम् अवनीपते विस्पष्टं प्रोच्यते तत्र शिष्याणां हितकाम्यया ॥
prabodhanaparaṃ jñānaṃ sāṃkhyānām avanīpate vispaṣṭaṃ procyate tatra śiṣyāṇāṃ hitakāmyayā //
The knowledge of the Sāṃkhyas is directed toward awakening, O lord of the earth; there it is set forth plainly, out of desire for the good of pupils.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 244.46
बृहच् चैवम् इदं शास्त्रम् इत्य् आहुर् विदुषो जनाः अस्मिंश् च शास्त्रे योगानां पुनर्भवपुरःसरम् ॥
bṛhac caivam idaṃ śāstram ity āhur viduṣo janāḥ asmiṃś ca śāstre yogānāṃ punarbhavapuraḥsaram //
Learned people say that this teaching is thus great; and in this teaching of the yogins, rebirth comes first (in consideration).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 244.47
पञ्चविंशात् परं तत्त्वं पठ्यते च नराधिप सांख्यानां तु परं तत्त्वं यथावद् अनुवर्णितम् ॥
pañcaviṃśāt paraṃ tattvaṃ paṭhyate ca narādhipa sāṃkhyānāṃ tu paraṃ tattvaṃ yathāvad anuvarṇitam //
And a principle beyond the twenty-fifth is taught, O ruler of men; but the supreme principle of the Sāṃkhyas has been described as it is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 244.48
बुद्धम् अप्रतिबुद्धं च बुध्यमानं च तत्त्वतः बुध्यमानं च बुद्धत्वं प्राहुर् योगनिदर्शनम् ॥
buddham apratibuddhaṃ ca budhyamānaṃ ca tattvataḥ budhyamānaṃ ca buddhatvaṃ prāhur yoganidarśanam //
The awakened, the not-awakened, and the awakening — (so it is) in truth; and (of) the awakening and the state of being awakened they speak, (this being) the doctrine of yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain