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Shloka 8

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

निष्कलं सकल ब्रह्म निर्गुणं गुणणोचरम्‌ । योगिनां परमानन्दमक्षरं मोक्षसंज्ञितम्‌

niṣkalaṃ sakala brahma nirguṇaṃ guṇagocaram | yogināṃ paramānandam akṣaraṃ mokṣasaṃjñitam ||

Vāyu-deva sprach: „Dieses Brahman ist zugleich teil-los und allumfassend; es ist jenseits der guṇas und doch durch die guṇas zugänglich. Für die Yogins ist es die höchste Wonne—unvergänglich, das Akṣara, und als Befreiung selbst bekannt.“ Kaum waren diese Worte gesprochen, empfing der Asket Taṇḍin—ein Schatz an tapas—die Schau jener unveränderlichen, unvergleichlichen, unvorstellbaren, ewigen und festen Wirklichkeit: desselben Brahman, das als nirguṇa und saguṇa bezeichnet wird, als höchste Freude der Yogins, als das Unzerstörbare, als die Gestalt der mokṣa.

निष्कलम्partless, without parts
निष्कलम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनिष्कल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सकलम्whole, complete
सकलम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसकल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
ब्रह्मBrahman (the Absolute)
ब्रह्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
निर्गुणम्without qualities/attributes
निर्गुणम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्गुण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
गुणगोचरम्within the range of qualities; accessible through attributes
गुणगोचरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootगुणगोचर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
योगिनाम्of yogins
योगिनाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयोगिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
परमानन्दम्supreme bliss
परमानन्दम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपरमानन्द
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अक्षरम्imperishable
अक्षरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्षर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मोक्षसंज्ञितम्called ‘moksha’; designated as liberation
मोक्षसंज्ञितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमोक्ष-संज्ञित
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu-deva
T
Taṇḍin
B
Brahman
M
mokṣa

Educational Q&A

The verse presents Brahman as simultaneously transcendent and immanent: partless (niṣkala) and all-inclusive (sakala), beyond the guṇas (nirguṇa) yet approachable through attributes (guṇagocara). For the realized yogin, this Reality is experienced as supreme bliss and as mokṣa itself—imperishable and unchanging.

Vāyu-deva describes the nature of Brahman, and immediately upon this instruction Taṇḍin, the ascetic, attains darśana—direct vision/realization—of that eternal, immutable Brahman characterized as both nirguṇa and saguṇa, identified with the yogins’ highest joy and liberation.