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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.10
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 10
- pañcamaḥ kapilo nāma
- siddheśaḥ kāla-viplutam
- provācāsuraye sāṅkhyaṁ
- tattva-grāma-vinirṇayam
pañcamaḥthe fifth one — the fifth one; kapilaḥKapila — Kapila; nāmaof the name — of the name; siddheśaḥthe foremost amongst the perfect — the foremost amongst the perfect; kālatime — time; viplutamlost — lost; provācasaid — said; āsurayeunto the brāhmaṇa named Āsuri — unto the brāhmaṇa named Āsuri; sāṅkhyammetaphysics — metaphysics; tattvathe sum total of the creative elements-grāmathe sum total of the creative elements — the sum total of the creative elements; vinirṇayamexposition — exposition.
The fifth incarnation, named Lord Kapila, is foremost among perfected beings. He gave an exposition of the creative elements and metaphysics to Āsuri Brāhmaṇa, for in course of time this knowledge had been lost.
The sum total of the creative elements is twenty-four in all. Each and every one of them is explicitly explained in the system of Sāṅkhya philosophy. Sāṅkhya philosophy is generally called metaphysics by the European scholars. The etymological meaning of sāṅkhya is "that which explains very lucidly by analysis of the material elements." This was done for the first time by Lord Kapila, who is said herein to be the fifth in the line of incarnations.