Shloka 14

अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः | Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman

Devanagari script

प्रशान्तात्मा विगतभीर्रह्मचारित्रते स्थित: । मन: संयम्य मच्चित्तो युक्त आसीत मत्पर:,ब्रह्मचारीके व्रतमें स्थितः), भयरहित*ँ तथा भलीभाँति शान्त अन्त:ःकरणवाला“ सावधान योगी मनको रोककर मुझमें चित्तवाला* और मेरे परायणः होकर स्थित होवे

Transliteration

praśāntātmā vigatabhīr brahmacārivrate sthitaḥ | manaḥ saṁyamya maccitto yukta āsīta matparaḥ ||

Translation

Mit innerer Gelassenheit und frei von Furcht, gefestigt im Gelübde und in der Disziplin des Brahmacarya, soll der wachsame Übende den Geist zügeln, das Herz auf Mich richten, im Yoga fest geeint verweilen und Mich als höchstes Ziel haben.

Word by Word

प्रशान्तात्माone whose inner self is well-calm

विगतभीःfearless (with fear gone)

ब्रह्मचारिव्रतेin the vow of celibacy (brahmacarya)

स्थितःstanding/abiding

मनःthe mind

संयम्यhaving restrained

मत्-चित्तःwhose mind is fixed on me

युक्तःyoked/steadfast (in yoga)

आसीत्let him sit/let him remain

मत्-परःhaving me as the supreme goal; devoted to me

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Krishna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ethical discipline and mental restraint are prerequisites for yoga: be calm and fearless, live in brahmacarya-like self-restraint, control the mind, and keep consciousness fixed on Krishna as the highest goal.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Bhīṣma Parva’s Bhagavadgītā context, instruction is being given on the proper inner posture for meditation and yoga—how a practitioner should sit and abide: steady, self-controlled, and devoted to Krishna.