Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.25.31

maitreya uvāca

viditvārtham kapilo mātur ittham

jāta-sneho yatra tanvābhijātah

tattvāmnāyam yat pravadanti sāńkhyam

provāca vai bhakti-vitāna-yogam

SYNONYMS

maitreyah uvāca — Maitreya said; viditvā — having known; artham — purpose; kapilah — Lord Kapila; mātuh — of His mother; ittham — thus; jāta-snehah — became compassionate; yatra — upon her; tanvā — from her body; abhijātah — born; tattva-āmnāyam — truths received by disciplic succession; yat — which; pravadanti — they call; sāńkhyam — Sāńkhya philosophy; provāca — He described; vai — in fact; bhakti — devotional service; vitāna — spreading; yogam — mystic yoga.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Maitreya said: After hearing the statement of His mother, Kapila could understand her purpose, and He became compassionate towards her because of being born of her body. He described the Sāńkhya system of philosophy, which is a combination of devotional service and mystic realization, as received by disciplic succession.

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