Chapter 13
मयैतदुक्तं वो विप्रा गुह्यं यत् साङ्ख्ययोगयो: । जानीत मागतं यज्ञं युष्मद्धर्मविवक्षया ॥ ३८ ॥
Transliteration
mayaitad uktaṁ vo viprā guhyaṁ yat sāṅkhya-yogayoḥ jānīta māgataṁ yajñaṁ yuṣmad-dharma-vivakṣayā
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
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; yajñam — 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.”