SB 3.7.30

TEXT 30

TEXT

यज्ञस्य च वितानानि योगस्य च पथः प्रभो ।
नैष्कर्म्यस्य च साङ्ख्यस्य तन्त्रं वा भगवत्स्मृतम् ॥ ३० ॥

yajnasya ca vitanani

yogasya ca pathaḥ prabho

naiskarmyasya ca sahkhyasya

tantram va bhagavat-smrtam

yajnasya-of sacrifices; ca-also; vitanani-expansions; yogasya-of the mystic powers; ca-also; pathaḥ-ways; prabho-O my lord; naiskarmyasya-of knowledge; ca-and; sahkhyasya-of analytical studies; tantram-the path of devotional service; va-as well as; bhagavat-in relation with the Personality of Godhead; smrtam-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.

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 Srila Narada 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. Sahkhya philosophy is the basic principle of acquiring knowledge, as will be explained by the sage Maitreya. The Sahkhya philosophy enunciated by Kapiladeva, the son of Devahūti, is the real source of knowledge about the Supreme Truth. Knowledge not based on the Sahkhya philosophy is mental speculation and can yield no tangible profit.

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