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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.24.19
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 19
- ayaṁ siddha-gaṇādhīśaḥ
- sāṅkhyācāryaiḥ susammataḥ
- loke kapila ity ākhyāṁ
- gantā te kīrti-vardhanaḥ
ayamthis Personality of Godhead — this Personality of Godhead; siddhaof the perfected sages-gaṇaof the perfected sages — of the perfected sages; adhīśaḥthe head — the head; sāṅkhyaby ācāryas expert in Sāṅkhya philosophy-ācāryaiḥby ācāryas expert in Sāṅkhya philosophy — by ācāryas expert in Sāṅkhya philosophy; suapproved according to Vedic principles-sammataḥapproved according to Vedic principles — approved according to Vedic principles; lokein the world — in the world; kapilaḥas Kapila itias Kapila — as Kapila; ākhyāmcelebrated — celebrated; gantāHe will go about — He will go about; teyour — your; kīrtifame — fame; vardhanaḥincreasing — increasing.
Your son will be the head of all the perfected souls. He will be approved by the ācāryas expert in disseminating real knowledge, and among the people He will be celebrated by the name Kapila. As the son of Devahūti, He will increase your fame.
Sāṅkhya philosophy is the philosophical system enunciated by Kapila, the son of Devahūti. The other Kapila, who is not the son of Devahūti, is an imitation. This is the statement of Brahmā, and because we belong to Brahmā's disciplic succession we should accept his statement that the real Kapila is the son of Devahūti and that real Sāṅkhya philosophy is the system of philosophy which He introduced and which will be accepted by the ācāryas, the directors of spiritual discipline. The word susammata means "accepted by persons who are counted upon to give their good opinion."