Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.24.55

purāṇa-saḿhitāḿ divyāḿ

sāńkhya-yoga-kriyāvatīm

satyavratasya rājarṣer

ātma-guhyam aśeṣataḥ

SYNONYMS

purāṇa — the subject matter explained in the Purāṇas, the old histories, especially the Matsya Purāṇa; saḿhitām — the Vedic instructions contained in Brahma-saḿhitā and other saḿhitās; divyām — all transcendental literatures; sāńkhya — the philosophical way of sāńkhya-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 sāńkhya-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 saḿhitās. The Lord explained Himself in all these literatures.

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