Devanagari
यज्ञस्य च वितानानि योगस्य च पथ: प्रभो ।
नैष्कर्म्यस्य च सांख्यस्य तन्त्रं वा भगवत्स्मृतम् ॥ ३० ॥
Verse text
yajṣasya ca vitānāni
yogasya ca pathaḥ prabho
naiṣkarmyasya ca sāṅkhyasya
tantraṁ vā bhagavat-smṛtam
Synonyms
yajṣasya
—
of sacrifices
;
ca
—
also
;
vitānāni
—
expansions
;
yogasya
—
of the mystic powers
;
ca
—
also
;
pathaḥ
—
ways
;
prabho
—
O my lord
;
naiṣkarmyasya
—
of knowledge
;
ca
—
and
;
sāṅkhyasya
—
of analytical studies
;
tantram
—
the path of devotional service
;
vā
—
as well as
;
bhagavat
—
in relation with the Personality of Godhead
;
smṛtam
—
regulative principles .
Translation
Please also describe the expansions of different sacrifices and the paths of mystic powers, analytical study of knowledge, and devotional service, all with their respective regulations.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O master! Please give a detailed description of sacrifice, and the path of yoga, jṣāna, and sāṅkhya as well as Nārada-paṣcarātra.
Vitānāni means “detailed descriptions.” Yoga refers to aṣṭāṅga-yoga. Naiṣkarmyasya refers to the path of jṣāna, which is the method of destroying karma. Describe the paths of yoga, jṣāna and sāṅkhya and (vā) Nārada-paṣcarātra (bhagavat-smṛtam tantram-- the tantra taught by the Lord).
Purport
The word
tantram
is significant herein. Sometimes
tantram
is misunderstood to be the black spiritual science of materialistic persons engaged in sense gratification, but here
tantram
means the science of devotional service compiled by Śrīla Nārada Muni. One can take advantage of such regulative explanations of the path of devotional service and make progressive advancement in the devotional service of the Lord. Sāṅkhya philosophy is the basic principle of acquiring knowledge, as will be explained by the sage Maitreya. The Sāṅkhya philosophy enunciated by Kapiladeva, the son of Devahūti, is the real source of knowledge about the Supreme Truth. Knowledge not based on the Sāṅkhya philosophy is mental speculation and can yield no tangible profit.