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Chapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation

Verse 55 of 59
SB 8.24.55

पुराणसंहितां दिव्यां सांख्ययोगक्रियावतीम् सत्यव्रतस्य राजर्षेरात्मगुह्यमशेषतः

purāṇa-saṁhitāṁ divyāṁ sāṅkhya-yoga-kriyāvatīm satyavratasya rājarṣer ātma-guhyam aśeṣataḥ

Synonyms

purāṇathe subject matter explained in the Purāṇas, the old histories, especially the Matsya Purāṇa; saṁhitāmthe Vedic instructions contained in Brahma-saṁhitā and other saṁhitās; divyāmall transcendental literatures; sāṅkhyathe philosophical way of sāṅkhya-yoga; yogathe science of self-realization or bhakti-yoga; kriyāvatīmpractically applied in life; satyavratasyaof King Satyavrata; rāja-ṛṣeḥthe great king and saint; ātma-guhyamall the mysteries of self-realization; aśeṣataḥincluding all branches..

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead thus explained to King Satyavrata the spiritual science known as sāṅkhya-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 saṁhitās. The Lord explained Himself in all these literatures.

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