Devanagari
अयं सिद्धगणाधीश: साङ्ख्याचार्यै: सुसम्मत: ।
लोके कपिल इत्याख्यां गन्ता ते कीर्तिवर्धन: ॥ १९ ॥
Verse text
ayaṁ siddha-gaṇādhīśaḥ
sāṅkhyācāryaiḥ susammataḥ
loke kapila ity ākhyāṁ
gantā te kīrti-vardhanaḥ
Synonyms
ayam
—
this Personality of Godhead
;
siddha
—
gaṇa — of the perfected sages
;
adhīśaḥ
—
the head
;
sāṅkhya
—
ācāryaiḥ — by ācāryas expert in Sāṅkhya philosophy
;
su
—
sammataḥ — approved according to Vedic principles
;
loke
—
in the world
;
kapilaḥ iti
—
as Kapila
;
ākhyām
—
celebrated
;
gantā
—
He will go about
;
te
—
your
;
kīrti
—
fame
;
vardhanaḥ
—
increasing .
Translation
Your son will be the head of all the perfected souls. He will be approved by the ācāryas expert in disseminating real knowledge, and among the people He will be celebrated by the name Kapila. As the son of Devahūti, He will increase your fame.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The chief of perfected sages, approved by the ācāryas of Sāṅkhya philosophy, he will take the name Kapila in this world and will increase your fame.
This person is approved. There is another perfect sage called Kapila, founder of the Sāṅkhya philosophy who is not well approved. He will preach philosophy contrary to the theistic philosophy of the Vedas. It is said in the Padma Purāṇa:
kapilo vāsudevo’khyas tattvaṁ sāṅkhyaṁ jagāda ha
brahmādibhyaś ca devebhyo bhṛgvādibhyas tathaiva ca
tathaivāsuraye sarva-vedārthair upabṛṁhitam
sarva-vedaviruddhaṣ ca kapilo ’nyo jagāda ha
sāṅkhyam āsuraye anyasmai kutarka-paribṛṁhitam
Kapila or Vasudeva spoke the real Sāṅkhya, which is filled with the meaning of all the Vedas to Brahmā and others, the devatās, the sages such as Bhṛgu, and to a person called Āsuri. Another Kapila spoke Sāṅkhya which is contrary to the Vedas, filled with bad logic, to another person called Āsuri.
Purport
Sāṅkhya philosophy is the philosophical system enunciated by Kapila, the son of Devahūti. The other Kapila, who is not the son of Devahūti, is an imitation. This is the statement of Brahmā, and because we belong to Brahmā’s disciplic succession we should accept his statement that the real Kapila is the son of Devahūti and that real Sāṅkhya philosophy is the system of philosophy which He introduced and which will be accepted by the
ācāryas,
the directors of spiritual discipline. The word
susammata
means “accepted by persons who are counted upon to give their good opinion.”