They are the foremost of all persons conversant with Yoga. They have a profound knowledge of the Sankhya philosophy. They are teachers of the scriptures on duty and it is they who introduce the duties of the Religion of Renunciation and cause them flow in the worlds.
एते योगविदो मुख्या: सांख्यज्ञानविशारदाः। आचार्या धर्मशास्त्रेषु मोक्षधर्मप्रवर्तकाः॥