Shloka 2

Devanagari script

योगकृत्यं तु ते कृत्स्नं वर्तयिष्यामि तच्छृणु । एकत्वं बुद्धिमनसोरिन्द्रियाणां च सर्वश:

Transliteration

yogakṛtyaṁ tu te kṛtsnaṁ vartayiṣyāmi tac chṛṇu | ekatvaṁ buddhimanasor indriyāṇāṁ ca sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

Vyāsa sprach: „Nun höre. Ich werde dir in voller Ausführlichkeit die ganze Disziplin des Yoga darlegen: wie Verstand (buddhi) und Geist (manas) zur Einheit geführt werden und wie die Sinne in jeder Hinsicht in dieselbe einheitliche Zügelung gesammelt werden.“

Word by Word

योगकृत्यम्the duty/practice of yoga

तुbut/indeed

तेto you

कृत्स्नम्entire/complete

वर्तयिष्यामिI shall set forth/expound

तत्that

शृणुhear/listen

एकत्वम्oneness/unity

बुद्धिof the intellect

मनसोःof the mind

इन्द्रियाणाम्of the senses

चand

सर्वशःentirely/in every way

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

व्यास (Vyāsa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse introduces a complete exposition of yogic discipline centered on integration: making intellect (buddhi) and mind (manas) function as one, and bringing the senses under comprehensive unified control—an ethical foundation for steadiness, restraint, and inner clarity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa, as the speaker, signals a transition into instruction: he asks the listener to attend and announces that he will explain the full method of Yoga, beginning with the unification of inner faculties and the regulation of the senses.