Sāṅkhya Kārikā / Verses 69–72, who passed it on

Verses 69–72, who passed it on

Summary

Verses 69 to 72 say who passed the teaching on. The knowledge is old, and it reaches the hearer through a line of teachers. The last verses do not add a new tattva. They close the book by naming the transmission, so the seventy-two can be recited as one received teaching.

नेपालीमा

श्लोक ६९ देखि ७२ ले उपदेश कसले दियो भन्छन्। ज्ञान पुरानो हो, र गुरुहरूको पङ्क्तिबाट सुन्नेसम्म आइपुग्छ। अन्तिम श्लोकहरूले नयाँ तत्त्व थप्दैनन्। परम्पराको नाम लिएर तिनले पुस्तक बन्द गर्छन्, जसले गर्दा बहत्तरै श्लोकलाई एउटै पाइएको उपदेशका रूपमा पाठ गर्न सकिन्छ।

4 of 4 lines in this chapter are written out word by word.

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69	पुरुषार्थज्ञानमिदं गुह्यं परमर्षिणा समाख्यातम् । स्थित्युत्पत्तिप्रलयाश् चिन्त्यन्ते यत्र भूतानाम् puruṣārthajñānam idaṃ guhyaṃ paramarṣiṇā samākhyātam / sthityutpattipralayāś cintyante yatra bhūtānām This secret knowledge, the purpose of the person, was declared by the great seer. In it, the arising, the staying, and the dissolution of beings are considered.
70	एतत् पवित्रमग्र्यं मुनिरासुरयेऽनुकम्पया प्रददौ । आसुरिरपि पञ्चशिखाय तेन च बहुधा कृतं तन्त्रम् etat pavitram agryaṃ munir āsuraye 'nukampayā pradadau / āsurir api pañcaśikhāya tena ca bahudhā kṛtaṃ tantram This supreme purifying knowledge the seer gave to Āsuri (आसुरि) out of compassion. Āsuri (आसुरि) gave it to Pañcaśikha (पञ्चशिख), and by him the teaching was made manifold.
71	शिष्यपरम्परयागतमीश्वरकृष्णेन चैतदार्याभिः । सङ्क्षिप्तमार्यमतिना सम्यग् विज्ञाय सिद्धान्तम् śiṣyaparamparayāgatam īśvarakṛṣṇena caitad āryābhiḥ / saṅkṣiptam āryamatinā samyag vijñāya siddhāntam Passed down the row of students, this was condensed by Īśvarakṛṣṇa (ईश्वरकृष्ण), of noble mind, into āryā (आर्या) verses, once he had understood the doctrine rightly.
72	सप्तत्यां किल येऽर्थास् तेऽर्थाः कृत्स्नस्य षष्टितन्त्रस्य । आख्यायिकाविरहिताः परवादविवर्जिताश् चापि saptatyāṃ kila ye 'rthās te 'rthāḥ kṛtsnasya ṣaṣṭitantrasya / ākhyāyikāvirahitāḥ paravādavivarjitāś cāpi The topics that are in the seventy verses are the topics of the whole teaching of sixty. They are without the stories, and without the review of rival views.