Devanagari
मयैतदुक्तं वो विप्रा गुह्यं यत् साङ्ख्ययोगयो: ।
जानीत मागतं यज्ञं युष्मद्धर्मविवक्षया ॥ ३८ ॥
Verse text
mayaitad uktaṁ vo viprā
guhyaṁ yat sāṅkhya-yogayoḥ
jānīta māgataṁ yajṣaṁ
yuṣmad-dharma-vivakṣayā
Synonyms
mayā
—
by Me
;
etat
—
this (knowledge)
;
uktam
—
has been spoken
;
vaḥ
—
unto you
;
viprāḥ
—
O brāhmaṇas
;
guhyam
—
confidential
;
yat
—
which
;
sāṅkhya
—
of the philosophical method of distinguishing matter from spirit
;
yogayoḥ
—
and the aṣṭāṅga-yoga system
;
jānīta
—
please understand
;
mā
—
Me
;
āgatam
—
who have arrived
;
yajṣam
—
as Viṣṇu, the Supreme Lord of sacrifice
;
yuṣmat
—
your
;
dharma
—
religious duties
;
vivakṣayā
—
with the desire to explain .
Translation
My dear brāhmaṇas, I have now explained to you the confidential knowledge of Sāṅkhya, by which one philosophically distinguishes matter from spirit, and of aṣṭāṅga-yoga, by which one links up with the Supreme. Please understand that I am the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, and that I have appeared before you desiring to explain your actual religious duties.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O brāhmaṇas! Know that I am Viṣṇu who has come with a desire to teach you dharma. I have spoken the confidential knowledge of Sāṅkhya and aṣṭāṅga-yoga.
The Lord reveals his identity in order that they gain faith. Sāṅkhya means distinguishing ātmā and non-ātmā. Yoga means aṣṭāṅga-yoga. I have come with a desire to teach dharma. It should be understood that Haṁsa also taught about varṇāśrama duties, dharma. This teaching is referred to later in speaking about the duties of varṇāśrāma:
purā kila mahā-bāho dharmaṁ paramakaṁ prabho
yat tena haṁsa-rūpeṇa brahmaṇe ’bhyāttha mādhava
O Lord! O mighty-armed one! Previously in your form of Haṁsa you spoke to Brahmā about dharma that bring supreme happiness to the practitioner. SB 11.17.3
Purport
To increase the faith of Lord Brahmā’s sons and establish the prestige of His teachings, Lord Kṛṣṇa now formally identifies Himself as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. As stated in Vedic literature,
yajṣo vai viṣṇuḥ.
After explaining the
sāṅkhya-
and
aṣṭāṅga-yoga
systems, the Lord clearly answers the original question of the sages, “Who are You, sir?” Thus, Lord Brahmā and his sons were enlightened by Lord Haṁsa.