Shloka 58

अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)

Devanagari script

इयं सा परमा शान्तिरियं सा निर्वति: परा । य॑ं प्राप्प कृतकृत्या: सम इत्यमन्यन्त योगिन:

Transliteration

iyaṃ sā paramā śāntir iyaṃ sā nirvṛtiḥ parā | yaṃ prāpya kṛtakṛtyāḥ sama ity amanyanta yoginaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu sprach: „Dies ist wahrlich der höchste Friede; dies ist die erhabenste selige Ruhe. Wer ihn erlangt, die Yogins—die getan haben, was zu tun war—erachten alle Dinge als gleich.“

Word by Word

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सा: that (very)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• परमा: supreme
• परमा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तिः: peace
• शान्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सा: that (very)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• निर्वृतिः: cessation; contentment; final rest
• निर्वृतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वृति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• परा: highest
• परा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• याम्: which (her/that)
• याम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• कृतकृत्याः: those who have accomplished what is to be done (fulfilled)
• कृतकृत्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतकृत्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सम्: indeed; completely; well
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• अमन्यन्त: they thought; they considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• योगिनः: yogins; practitioners of yoga
• योगिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• yogins

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises the highest spiritual attainment as ‘supreme peace’ and ‘transcendent repose,’ marked by kṛtakṛtyatā (having completed one’s true duty) and sama-darśana (equanimity), where the realized person views all conditions without partiality.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva speaks, identifying the ultimate goal that yogins reach. He describes the inner state attained through disciplined practice: a final peace in which the accomplished contemplatives consider all things with even-mindedness.