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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 26]
personal form with His internal energy, His external energy, His expansions and His incarnations. There are many diverse departments of knowledge in understanding Kṛṣṇa.  Sāṅkhya  philosophy is especially meant for persons who are conditioned by this material world. It is generally understood by the  paramparā  system, or by discipline succession, to be the science of devotional service. Preliminary studies of devotional service have already been explained. Now the analytical study of devotional service will be explained by the Lord, who says that by such an analytical study, one becomes freed from the modes of material nature. The same assertion is confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā .  Tato mām tattvato jñātvā : By understanding the Lord according to various categories, one can become eligible to enter into the kingdom of God. This is also explained here. By understanding the science of devotional service in  sāṅkhya  philosophy, one can become free from the modes of material nature. The eternal self, after becoming freed from the spell of material nature, becomes eligible to enter into the kingdom of God. As long as one has even a slight desire to enjoy or lord it over material nature, there is no chance of his being freed from the influence of nature's material modes. Therefore, one has to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead analytically, as explained in the  sāṅkhya  system of philosophy by Lord Kapiladeva.
TEXT 2
ज्ञानं निःश्रेयसार्थाय पुरुषसात्मदर्शनम् । 
    यदाहुर्वर्णये तत्ते हृदयप्रन्थिभेदनम् ॥ २ ॥
jñānam niḥśreyasārthāya 
    puruṣasyātma-darśanam 
    yad āhur varṇaye tat te 
    hṛdaya-granthi-bhedanam
jñānam—knowledge; niḥśreyasa-arthāya—for the ultimate perfection; puruṣasya—of a man; ātma-darśanam—self-realization; yat—which; āhuḥ—they said; varṇaye—I shall explain; tat—that; te—to you; hṛdaya—in the heart; granthi—the knots; bhedanam—cuts.
TRANSLATION
Knowledge is the ultimate perfection of self-realization. I shall explain that knowledge unto you by which the knots of attachment to the material world are cut.