SB 8.24.55

SB 8.24.55

Devanagari

पुराणसंहितां दिव्यां साङ्ख्ययोगक्रियावतीम् । सत्यव्रतस्य राजर्षेरात्मगुह्यमशेषत: ॥ ५५ ॥

Verse text

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The Supreme Lord explained in detail to King Satyavrata the sacred Matsya Purāṇa, containing jṣāna, bhakti and karma, and also a description of the nature of the Lord. Purāna-saṁhitām means Matsya Purāṇa.