Shloka 28

अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः | Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman

Devanagari script

युज्जन्नेवं सदा55त्मानं योगी विगतकल्मष: । सुखेन ब्रह्म॒संस्पर्शमत्यन्तं सुखमश्नुते

Transliteration

yujjann evaṁ sadātmānaṁ yogī vigata-kalmaṣaḥ | sukhena brahma-saṁsparśam atyantaṁ sukham aśnute ||

Translation

واليوغي، إذ يداوم على وصل النفس على هذا النحو وقد تخلّص من الدنس الأخلاقي، ينال بيسرٍ «مماسّة البراهمان»—فيذوق السعادة القصوى التي لا تُدانى، سعادة الاتحاد بالعلوّ الأعلى.

Word by Word

• युज्जन्: joining, yoking (engaging)
• युज्जन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• आत्मानम्: the self (mind/inner self)
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• योगी: the yogin
• योगी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन्
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विगतकल्मषः: free from sin/impurity
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विगत-कल्मष
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सुखेन: with ease; pleasantly
• सुखेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: नपुं, तृतीया, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मसंस्पर्शम्: contact/communion with Brahman
• ब्रह्मसंस्पर्शम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्-संस्पर्श
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अत्यन्तम्: utterly, exceedingly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यन्त

• सुखम्: happiness, bliss
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अश्नुते: attains, experiences
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Brahman

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steady yogic practice that continually unites the self with the Supreme, combined with purification from moral and mental impurities, culminates in direct Brahman-contact and the highest bliss.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Bhīṣma Parva’s spiritual instruction context, the speaker states the result of sustained yoga: a purified practitioner effortlessly reaches experiential communion with Brahman and enjoys ultimate happiness.