Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.8.13
यस्येरिता साङ्ख्यमयी दृढेह नौ-
र्यया मुमुक्षुस्तरते दुरत्ययम् ।
भवार्णवं मृत्युपथं विपश्चित:
परात्मभूतस्य कथं पृथङ्मति: ॥ १३ ॥
yasyeritā sāṅkhyamayī dṛḍheha naur
[yasyeritaa saankhyamayee dridheha naur]
yayā mumukṣus tarate duratyayam
[yayaa mumukshus tarate duratyayam]
bhavārṇavaṁ mṛtyu-pathaṁ vipaścitaḥ
[bhavaarnavam mrityu-patham vipashchitah]
parātma-bhūtasya kathaṁ pṛthaṅ-matiḥ
[paraatma-bhootasya katham prithan-matih]
Word-for-word
yasya
—
by whom
īritā
—
had been explained
sāṅkhya-mayī
—
having the form of the philosophy analyzing the material world (Sāṅkhya philosophy)
dṛḍhā
—
very strong (to deliver people from this material world)
iha
—
in this material world
nauḥ
—
a boat
yayā
—
by which
mumukṣuḥ
—
a person desiring to be liberated
tarate
—
can cross over
duratyayam
—
very difficult to cross
bhava-arṇavam
—
the ocean of nescience
mṛtyu-patham
—
a material life of repeated birth and death
vipaścitaḥ
—
of a learned person
parātma-bhūtasya
—
who has been elevated to the transcendental platform
katham
—
how
pṛthak-matiḥ
—
a sense of distinction (between enemy and friend).
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yasyeritā sāṅkhyamayī dṛḍheha naur
yasya
by whom
īritā
had been explained
sāṅkhya-mayī
having the form of the philosophy analyzing the material world (Sāṅkhya philosophy)
dṛḍhā
very strong (to deliver people from this material world)
yayā mumukṣus tarate duratyayam
bhavārṇavaṁ mṛtyu-pathaṁ vipaścitaḥ
parātma-bhūtasya kathaṁ pṛthaṅ-matiḥ
iha
in this material world
nauḥ
a boat
yayā
by which
mumukṣuḥ
a person desiring to be liberated
tarate
can cross over
duratyayam
very difficult to cross
bhava-arṇavam
the ocean of nescience
mṛtyu-patham
a material life of repeated birth and death
vipaścitaḥ
of a learned person
parātma-bhūtasya
who has been elevated to the transcendental platform
katham
how
pṛthak-matiḥ
a sense of distinction (between enemy and friend).
Kapila Muni enunciated in this material world the Sāṅkhya philosophy, which is a strong boat with which to cross over the ocean of nescience. Indeed, a person eager to cross the ocean of the material world may take shelter of this philosophy. In such a greatly learned person, situated on the elevated platform of transcendence, how can there be any distinction between enemy and friend?
Purport
One who is promoted to the transcendental position ( brahma-bhūta ) is always jubilant ( prasannātmā ). He is unaffected by the false distinctions between good and bad in the material world. Therefore, such an exalted person is samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu; that is to say, he is equal toward everyone, not distinguishing between friend and enemy. Because he is on the absolute platform, free from material contamination, he is called parātma-bhūta or brahma-bhūta. Kapila Muni, therefore, was not at all angry at the sons of Sagara Mahārāja; rather, they were burnt to ashes by the heat of their own bodies.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
In this material world Kapila enunciated the Sāṅkhya philosophy, which is a boat by which persons eager for liberation cross the path of death, the ocean of the material world, which is difficult to cross. In such an omniscient person, who is Paramātmā, how can there be any distinction between enemy and friend?
Sāṅkhya philosophy is propagated by him. How can material conceptions exist in Kapila who is omniscient (vipaścitaḥ), who is a form of Paramātmā?
Personal Guidance
Sāṅkhya philosophy, as Kapila gave it, is a boat across the ocean of nescience — and a person established on that platform sees no fundamental enemy. The deeper one knows reality, the fewer 'others' there are to oppose.
Reflection Questions
- Which 'enemy' in my mental world might dissolve if I climbed onto a more elevated platform?
- What philosophical boat am I currently relying on, and is it actually seaworthy?
My note
Source: vedabase.io