Verse 31

Yagyavalkya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत्र सुप्ता जना नित्यं प्रबुद्धस्तत्र संयमी ।

प्रबुद्धा यत्र ते विद्वान् सुषुप्तिं याति योगिराट् ॥३१॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

यत्र । सुप्ताः । जनाः । नित्यम् । प्रबुद्धः । तत्र । संयमी ।

प्रबुद्धाः । यत्र । ते । विद्वान् । सुषुप्तिम् । याति । योगि-राट् ॥३१॥

IAST Transliteration

yatra suptā janā nityaṃ prabuddhas tatra saṃyamī | prabuddhā yatra te vidvān suṣuptiṃ yāti yogirāṭ ||31||

Translation

حيث ينام الناسُ دائمًا، يكون المنضبطُ النفسِ هناك يقظًا؛ وحيث يكون أولئك يقظين، يدخلُ الحكيمُ، سيّدُ اليوغيين، في نومٍ عميق.

Academic Translation

Where people are always asleep, there the self-controlled one is awake; where those (people) are awake, there the wise sovereign of yogins enters deep sleep.

Verse Context

• Jñāna (awakening) versus avidyā (sleep); turīya as the yogin’s standpoint beyond waking/sleep
• Mahavakya: Indirectly supports ‘prajñānaṃ brahma’ (Aitareya) by contrasting true wakefulness (prajñā) with worldly ‘sleep’ (avidyā).
• Yajur
• Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasaneyī) — traditional association; text is a late Yoga-Upaniṣad with fluid śākhā attribution Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)