Invocation and preface

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sāṃkhyatattvavivecanam śrīṣimānandaviracitam /

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raghunandanasutenedamiṣṭikāpuravāsinā / kānyakubjadvijāgryeṇa ṣimānandena tanyate // 1 //

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sāṃkhyopajña namastubhyaṃ kapilāya mahātmane / pañcaviṃśatitattvānāṃ tattvajñānapravartakaḥ // 2 //

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duḥkhatrayābhibhūtasya śāntirme syāt kutastviha / tathopadiśa janmādi yathā na syāt kṛpānidhe // 3 //

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evaṃ pṛṣṭo muniḥ prāha nirviṇṇāya kṛpānidhiḥ / pañcaviṃśatisūtrāṇi vyākhyātāni mahātmabhiḥ // 4 //

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babandhuḥ kavayaḥ kāvye vyācikhyuḥ kavayaḥ pare / sāṃkhyaśāstrasya yāthārthyaṃ tadevedaṃ vivicyate // ṣimānandena mandena kukṣimbhariśatādinā // 5 //