Text 19]
The Renunciation of Kardama Muni
969
PURPORT
Here the word  avidyā  is very significant.  Avidyā  means forgetfulness of one's identity. Every one of us is a spirit soul, but we have forgotten. We think, "I am this body." This is called  avidyā .  Saṁśaya-granthi  means doubtfulness. The knot of doubtfulness is tied when the soul identifies with the material world. That knot is also called  ahaṅkāra , the junction of matter and spirit. By proper knowledge received from the scriptures in discipline succession and by proper application of that knowledge, one can free himself from this binding combination of matter and spirit. Brahmā assures Devahūti that her son will enlighten her, and after enlightening her He will travel all over the world, distributing the system of  sāṅkhya  philosophy.
The word  saṁśaya  means doubtful knowledge. Speculative and pseudo yogic knowledge is all doubtful. At the present moment the so-called  yoga  system is prosecuted on the understanding that by agitation of the different stations of the bodily construction one can find that he is God. The mental speculators think similarly, but they are all doubtful. Real knowledge is expounded in  Bhagavad-gītā : "Just become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Just worship Kṛṣṇa and become a devotee of Kṛṣṇa." That is real knowledge, and anyone who follows that system becomes perfect without a doubt.
TEXT 19
अयं सिद्धगणाधीशः साङ्ख्याचार्यैः सुसम्मतः। लोके कपिल इत्याख्यां गन्ता ते कीर्तिवर्धनः ॥१९॥
ayam siddha-gaṇādhīśaḥ sāṅkhyācāryaiḥ susammataḥ loke kapila ity ākhyām gantā te kīrti-vardhanaḥ
ayam —this Personality of Godhead;  siddha-gaṇa —of the perfected sages;  adhīśaḥ —the head;  sāṅkhya-ācāryaiḥ —by  ācāryas  expert in  sāṅkhya  philosophy;  su-sammataḥ —approved according to Vedic principles;  loke —in the world;  kapilaḥ iti —as Kapila;  ākhyām —celebrated;  gantā —He will go about;  te —your;  kīrti —fame;  vardhanaḥ —increasing.
TRANSLATION
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