Chapter 8
यस्येरिता साङ्ख्यमयी दृढेह नौ- र्यया मुमुक्षुस्तरते दुरत्ययम् । भवार्णवं मृत्युपथं विपश्चित: परात्मभूतस्य कथं पृथङ्मति: ॥ १३ ॥
Transliteration
yasyeritā sāṅkhyamayī dṛḍheha naur yayā mumukṣus tarate duratyayam bhavārṇavaṁ mṛtyu-pathaṁ vipaścitaḥ parātma-bhūtasya kathaṁ pṛthaṅ-matiḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
yasya — by whom; īritā — had been explained; sāṅkhya-mayī — having the form of the philosophy analyzing the material world (Sāṅkhya philosophy); dṛḍhā — very strong (to deliver people from this material world); iha — in this material world; nauḥ — a boat; yayā — by which; mumukṣuḥ — a person desiring to be liberated; tarate — can cross over; duratyayam — very difficult to cross; bhava-arṇavam — the ocean of nescience; mṛtyu-patham — a material life of repeated birth and death; vipaścitaḥ — of a learned person; parātma-bhūtasya — who has been elevated to the transcendental platform; katham — how; pṛthak-matiḥ — a sense of distinction (between enemy and friend).
Translation
“Kapila Muni enunciated in this material world the Sāṅkhya philosophy, which is a strong boat with which to cross over the ocean of nescience. Indeed, a person eager to cross the ocean of the material world may take shelter of this philosophy. In such a greatly learned person, situated on the elevated platform of transcendence, how can there be any distinction between enemy and friend?”