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Shloka 8

Vānaprastha-vṛtti and the Transition toward the Fourth Āśrama (वानप्रस्थवृत्तिः चतुर्थाश्रमोपक्रमश्च)

एवं होतेन योगेन युज्जानो होवमन्ततः । अपि जिज्ञासमानो5पि शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते,इस प्रकार सिद्धिपर्यन्त इस योगका अभ्यास करनेवाला पुरुष यदि ब्रह्मका जिज्ञासु हो तो वेदोक्त सकाम कर्मोकी सीमाको लाँघ जाता है

evaṁ hotena yogena yujjāno hovam antataḥ | api jijñāsamāno 'pi śabda-brahmātivartate ||

Vyāsa sprach: So übersteigt der Mensch, der sich durch dieses wohlgeübte Yoga zügelt und es bis zur letzten Vollendung führt—even wenn er noch ein bloßer Fragender nach Brahman ist—das „Brahman des Klanges“, das heißt den vedischen Bereich ritueller Gebote und begehrensgetriebener Werke.

एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
होतेनby the invoker/priest (hotṛ)
होतेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
योगेनby/with yoga; by the discipline
योगेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootयोग
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
युज्जानःengaging (himself), practicing
युज्जानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootयुज्
Formशानच् (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
होवम्the oblation/sacrifice (homa)
होवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहोम
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अन्ततःfinally, ultimately
अन्ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्ततः
अपिeven, also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
जिज्ञासमानःdesiring to know; inquiring
जिज्ञासमानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा
Formशानच् (desiderative present middle participle sense), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिeven
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
शब्दब्रह्मthe Brahman as word (Veda); verbal Brahman
शब्दब्रह्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशब्दब्रह्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अतिवर्ततेgoes beyond, transcends
अतिवर्तते:
TypeVerb
Rootअति-√वृत्
FormPresent (Lat), Atmanepada, Third, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
B
Brahman
Ś
Śabda-brahma (Vedic word/revelation)

Educational Q&A

Steady yoga, carried to completion, enables a seeker to go beyond the Veda’s ritual-and-reward framework (śabda-brahma) and move toward higher Brahman-realization; inner discipline outranks desire-motivated religious action.

In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa is explaining the transformative power of yoga: even a person still in the stage of inquiry (jijñāsā) can, through accomplished practice, surpass the limits of Vedic ritualism and its fruit-oriented duties.