Verses on Sāṃkhya 3.2

3.2

prekṣāvanto 'nukte prayojane na kvacitpravartanta iti prayojanamucyate tattvajñānānmokṣaḥ tattvāni pañcaviṃśatiḥ / tathā coktam -
pañcaviṃśatitattvajño yatra kutrāśrame rataḥ /
jaṭī muṇḍī śikhī vāpi mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ // iti //

Prudent persons do not undertake [anything] unless the purpose is stated; therefore, the purpose is stated: liberation comes from the knowledge of the principles, and the principles are twenty-five. And so it has been said:
“The knower of the twenty-five principles, in whatever stage of life he may dwell, / whether wearing matted hair, shaven, or with a topknot, is liberated—there is no doubt here.”