Brahmavidya Upanishad — Verse 58

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एते गुणाः प्रवर्तन्ते योगाभ्यासकृतश्रमैः । तस्माद्योगं समादाय सर्वदुःखबहिष्कृतः ॥५८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

एते गुणाः प्रवर्तन्ते योग-अभ्यास-कृत-श्रमैः । तस्मात् योगम् समादाय सर्व-दुःख-बहिष्कृतः ।

IAST Transliteration

ete guṇāḥ pravartante yogābhyāsa-kṛta-śramaiḥ | tasmād yogaṃ samādāya sarva-duḥkha-bahiṣkṛtaḥ ||58||

Translation

Ces qualités naissent des efforts engendrés par la pratique du yoga. Ainsi, en prenant appui sur le yoga, on se trouve retranché de toute souffrance.

Academic Translation

These qualities arise through the exertions produced by the practice of yoga. Therefore, taking up yoga, one becomes excluded from all suffering.

Verse Context

• Yoga as sādhana for duḥkha-nivṛtti and inner purification (antaḥkaraṇa-śuddhi)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: yoga prepares the mind for mahāvākya-based self-knowledge; not itself a mahāvākya teaching.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)