Shloka 61

Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

इमं धर्म समास्थाय येडपि स्यु: पापयोनय: । स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेडपि यान्ति परां गतिम्‌,इस आत्मदर्शनरूप धर्मका आश्रय लेकर स्त्री, वैश्य और शूद्र तथा जो पापयोनिके मनुष्य हैं, वे भी परमगतिको प्राप्त हो जाते हैं

Transliteration

imaṁ dharmaṁ samāsthāya ye ’pi syuḥ pāpayonayaḥ | striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās te ’pi yānti parāṁ gatim ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “Even those who are born in sinful conditions—women, Vaiśyas, and Śūdras as well—by taking refuge in and firmly practicing this dharma of inner realization, attain the highest state.”

Word by Word

इमम्this

धर्मम्dharma, righteous path

समास्थायhaving resorted to / having taken refuge in

येwho (those who)

अपिeven, also

स्युःmight be / may be

पापयोनयःthose of sinful birth/origin

स्त्रियःwomen

वैश्याःVaishyas

तथाand likewise

शूद्राःShudras

तेthey

अपिalso, even

यान्तिgo, attain

पराम्supreme, highest

गतिम्state/goal/destination

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

women (striyaḥ)

Vaiśyas

Śūdras

pāpayonayaḥ (persons of ‘sinful’ origin, as termed in the verse)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes