Shloka 21

अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः | Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman

Devanagari script

इन्द्रियोंसे अतीत, केवल शुद्ध हुई सूक्ष्म बुद्धि-द्वारा ग्रहण करनेयोग्य जो अनन्त आनन्द है;* उसको जिस अवस्थामें अनुभव करता है और जिस अवस्थामें स्थित यह योगी परमात्माके स्वरूपसे विचलित होता ही नहीं

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca — indriyebhyaḥ atītaṃ kevala-śuddhayā sūkṣma-buddhyā grāhyaṃ yat ananta-ānandaṃ; taṃ yasmin avasthāyāṃ anubhavati, yasmin ca avasthāyāṃ sthitaḥ ayaṃ yogī paramātma-svarūpāt naiva vicalati

Translation

That infinite bliss which lies beyond the senses and can be apprehended only by a purified, subtle intellect—when one experiences it, and when established in that state, this yogin does not waver from the very nature of the Supreme Self.

Word by Word

इन्द्रियैःby the senses

अतीतम्transcended; beyond

केवलयाby the alone/sole

शुद्धयाby the purified

सूक्ष्मयाby the subtle

बुद्ध्याby the intellect

ग्रहणयोग्यम्fit to be apprehended

यत्which

अनन्तम्endless

आनन्दम्bliss

तत्that

याम्which (state)

अवस्थाम्state; condition

अनुभवतिexperiences

याम्which (state)

अवस्थाम्state; condition

स्थितःstanding; abiding

अयम्this

योगीyogi

परमात्मस्वरूपात्from the nature/form of the Supreme Self

विचलितःdeviated; shaken

नnot

एवindeed; at all

भवतिbecomes; is

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Paramātman (Supreme Self)

Yogin

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes