Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.13.38

mayaitad uktaḿ vo viprā

guhyaḿ yat sāńkhya-yogayoḥ

jānīta māgataḿ yajñaḿ

yuṣmad-dharma-vivakṣayā

SYNONYMS

mayā — by Me; etat — this (knowledge); uktam — has been spoken; vaḥ — unto you; viprāḥ — O brāhmaṇas; guhyam — confidential; yat — which; sāńkhya — of the philosophical method of distinguishing matter from spirit; yogayoḥ — and the aṣṭāńga-yoga system; jānīta — please understand; mā — Me; āgatam — who has 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 Sāńkhya, by which one philosophically distinguishes matter from spirit, and of aṣṭāńga-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.

PURPORT

To increase the faith of Lord Brahmā's sons and establish the prestige of His teachings, Lord Kṛṣṇa now formally identifies Himself as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. As stated in Vedic literature, yajño vai viṣṇuḥ. After explaining the sāńkhya-and aṣṭāńga-yoga systems, the Lord clearly answers the original question of the sages, "Who are You, sir?" Thus, Lord Brahmā and his sons were enlightened by Lord Haḿsa.

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