Shloka 54

Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank

Devanagari script

रसां पुनः प्रविष्ट क्ष योगं परममास्थित:

Transliteration

rasāṁ punaḥ praviṣṭaḥ kṣa yogaṁ paramam āsthitaḥ

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana sprach: Nachdem er abermals in die Lebensessenz (den lebenserhaltenden Strom) eingegangen war, wurde er in der höchsten Disziplin des Yoga fest gegründet—ruhend in der erhabensten geistigen Standhaftigkeit und Zügelung.

Word by Word

• रसान्: tastes/essences (objects)
• रसान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रसा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• प्रविष्टः: having entered
• प्रविष्टः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु) → प्रविष्ट (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• योगम्: yoga; disciplined absorption
• योगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परमम्: supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थितः: having resorted to; established in
• आस्थितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु) → आस्थित (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a movement from ordinary vitality and engagement back into a stabilized, highest yogic discipline—suggesting that true ethical and spiritual fulfillment culminates in inner restraint, clarity, and establishment in the supreme path of yoga.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that a person (implied from the surrounding context) ‘re-enters’ the sustaining essence of life and then becomes firmly established in the highest yoga, indicating a transition into profound spiritual absorption and disciplined realization.