Shloka 63

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

Devanagari script

हेतुमच्चैतदुद्दिष्टमुपाया श्वास्य साधने । सिद्धि फलं च मोक्षश्न दुःखस्य च विनिर्णय:,इस प्रकार मैंने तुम्हें मोक्षधर्मका युक्तियुक्त उपदेश किया है। उसके साधनके उपाय भी बतलाये हैं और सिद्धि, फल, मोक्ष तथा दुःखके स्वरूपका भी निर्णय किया है

Transliteration

hetumac caitad uddiṣṭam upāyāḥ śvāsya sādhane | siddhi-phalaṃ ca mokṣaś ca duḥkhasya ca vinirṇayaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “I have set forth this teaching on the dharma of liberation with clear reasoning. I have also explained the practical means for its attainment, and I have determined for you the nature of accomplishment and its fruit—liberation itself—as well as the true character of suffering.”

Word by Word

• {'hetumat': 'reasoned

• supported by causes and arguments', 'etat': 'this (teaching)', 'uddiṣṭam': 'has been taught

• has been indicated', 'upāyaḥ': 'means

• practical expedient', 'sādhana': 'spiritual practice

• means of accomplishment', 'siddhi': 'attainment

• success in practice', 'phala': 'fruit

• outcome', 'mokṣa': 'liberation

• release from bondage and rebirth', 'duḥkha': 'suffering

• distress', 'vinirṇaya': 'ascertainment

• clear conclusion', 'mokṣa-dharma': 'the discipline/teaching of liberation (ethical-spiritual law leading to mokṣa)'}

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (Wind-god)