Shloka 28

Devanagari script

आत्मसिद्धिस्तु वेदेषु प्रोच्यते दशभि: क्रमै: । यदुक्तं वेदवादेषु गहनं वेददर्शिभि: । तदन्तेषु यथायुक्तं क्रमयोगेन लक्ष्यते,आत्मा (के मोक्ष) की सिद्धि तो वेदोंमें दस- उपायोंद्वारा बतायी जाती है। जो गहन ([दुर्बोध) ब्रह्म वेदवाक्योंमें वेददर्शी विद्वानोंद्वारा वर्णित हुआ है और वेदान्तवचनोंमें जिसका स्पष्टरूपसे वर्णन किया गया है, वह क्रमयोगसे लक्षित होता है

Transliteration

ātmasiddhis tu vedeṣu procyate daśabhiḥ kramaiḥ | yad uktaṃ vedavādeṣu gahanaṃ vedadarśibhiḥ | tad anteṣu yathāyuktaṃ kramayogena lakṣyate ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: In the Vedas, the attainment of the Self is taught through ten successive stages. That profound truth which the seers of the Veda have expressed in Vedic declarations—and which is set forth with clarity in the concluding teachings (Vedānta)—is to be discerned through the disciplined practice of step-by-step yoga.

Word by Word

आत्मसिद्धिःattainment/realization of the Self

तुindeed/but

वेदेषुin the Vedas

प्रोच्यतेis taught/declared

दशभिःby ten

क्रमैःby steps/stages

यत्that which

उक्तम्said/declared

वेदवादेषुin Vedic statements/doctrinal passages

गहनम्deep/obscure

वेददर्शिभिःby seers/knowers of the Veda

तत्that

अन्तेषुin the ends (i.e., in the Upanishadic conclusions)

यथाas/according to

युक्तम्appropriate/fitting

क्रमयोगेनby the method of sequential connection/stepwise yoga

लक्ष्यतेis indicated/recognized

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Veda

Vedānta

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Self-realization (ātmasiddhi) is not presented as a sudden claim but as a graded attainment: the Vedas teach it through ten successive stages, and the subtle Vedic truth becomes clearly graspable when approached through disciplined, step-by-step yoga, in harmony with Vedānta.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa is instructing about liberation-oriented knowledge: he links the deep, sometimes cryptic Vedic declarations with their clearer Vedānta conclusions, emphasizing that the intended meaning is to be recognized through a sequential yogic method rather than mere verbal study.