Shloka 41

अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः | Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman

Devanagari script

प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वती: समा: । शुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योग भ्रष्टोईभिजायते

Transliteration

prāpya puṇyakṛtāṁ lokān uṣitvā śāśvatīḥ samāḥ | śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe yoga-bhraṣṭo 'bhijāyate ||

Translation

পুণ্যকর্মীদের লোকসমূহ (স্বর্গাদি) লাভ করে, সেখানে বহু বছর বাস করে, যোগ থেকে বিচ্যুত ব্যক্তি পরে শুচি আচরণসম্পন্ন ও সমৃদ্ধ লোকদের গৃহে জন্ম গ্রহণ করে।

Word by Word

• प्राप्य: having attained
• प्राप्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वान्त अव्यय-भाव), कर्तरि

• पुण्यकृताम्: of the doers of merit
• पुण्यकृताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्यकृत्
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• लोकान्: worlds (realms)
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• अनुषित्वा: having dwelt (there)
• अनुषित्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-षद् (धातु) / अनु-वास् (अर्थतः निवास करना)
• Form: क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त), कर्तरि

• शाश्वतीः: eternal, lasting
• शाश्वतीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत
• Form: स्त्री, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• समाः: years
• समाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम (वर्ष)
• Form: स्त्री, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• शुचीनाम्: of the pure (in conduct)
• शुचीनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• श्रीमताम्: of the prosperous, illustrious
• श्रीमताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत्
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• गेहे: in (a) house
• गेहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: नपुं, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• योगभ्रष्टः: one fallen from yoga (a lapsed yogin)
• योगभ्रष्टः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगभ्रष्ट
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अभिजायते: is born (again)
• अभिजायते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, एकवचन, कर्तरि

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• puṇyakṛtāṁ lokāḥ (realms of the meritorious, e.g., svarga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Spiritual effort is never wasted: even if one’s yogic discipline breaks off before completion, its merit carries the person to higher realms and then to a supportive rebirth among the pure and prosperous, enabling renewed practice and ethical living.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna is questioning the fate of a practitioner who begins the path of Yoga but fails to reach final realization. This verse states one outcome: after enjoying meritorious realms for a long time, such a person is reborn into a virtuous and fortunate household.