Shloka 24

Adhyaya 41 — Yogic Conduct and the Discipline Leading to Siddhi

Sanskrit

विशुद्धबुद्धिः समलोष्टकाञ्चनः समस्तभूतेṣu च तत्समाहितः ।

स्थानं परं शाश्वतमव्ययञ्च परं हि मत्वा न पुनः प्रजायते ॥

Transliteration

viśuddhabuddhiḥ samaloṣṭakāñcanaḥ samastabhūteṣu ca tatsamāhitaḥ / sthānaṁ paraṁ śāśvatam avyayañ ca paraṁ hi matvā na punaḥ prajāyate

Translation

Avec une intelligence purifiée, tenant pour égaux une motte de terre et l’or, et demeurant fermement recueilli vers Cela en tous les êtres—sachant que la demeure suprême est éternelle et impérissable—on ne renaît plus.

Word by Word

• viśuddha-buddhiḥ: one of purified intellect
• viśuddha-buddhiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśuddha (कृदन्त; √śudh शुध्, क्त; with vi-) + buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; karmadhāraya: ‘one whose intellect is purified’ (as a descriptor of yogin)

• sama-loṣṭa-kāñcanaḥ: seeing clod and gold as equal
• sama-loṣṭa-kāñcanaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक) + loṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + kāñcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘equal (in view) to clod and gold’

• samasta-bhūteṣu: in all beings
• samasta-bhūteṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samasta (कृदन्त; सम्+√as अस्, क्त; ‘collected/all’) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural; tatpuruṣa: ‘in all beings’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• tat-samāhitaḥ: absorbed in That
• tat-samāhitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + samāhita (कृदन्त; सम्+आ+√dhā धा, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘concentrated on That’

• sthānam: abode/state
• sthānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• param: supreme
• param: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; qualifying ‘sthānam’

• śāśvatam: eternal
• śāśvatam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śāśvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; qualifying ‘sthānam’

• avyayam: imperishable
• avyayam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: avyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; qualifying ‘sthānam’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• param: supreme
• param: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; appositional repetition qualifying ‘sthānam’

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphatic/causal nuance

• matvā: having known/considered
• matvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √man (मन्)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), having considered/knowing

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (पुनरावृत्तिवाचक अव्यय)

• prajāyate: is born
• prajāyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√jan (जन्)
• Form: Present tense/Laṭ (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

Speakers

• Dattātreya instructing (didactic yoga discourse)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Moksha
• Equanimity
• Non-attachment
• Rebirth cessation

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Freedom is tied to value-neutrality: when gold and clay no longer dictate desire/fear, the mind becomes fit for steady contemplation of the imperishable, culminating in release from rebirth.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Soteriological teaching (mokṣa-upadeśa), not pancalakṣaṇa narration. Purāṇas frequently interleave such teachings to orient ritual and social dharma toward liberation.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Clod and gold equal’ signals dissolution of saṁskāras of acquisition; ‘That in all beings’ points to a unitive contemplation where multiplicity is read as the one Brahman.