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Shloka 22

अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः

The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex

मन: प्रणयते$5त्मानं स एनमभियुञ्जति । युक्तो यदा स भवति तदा त॑ पश्यते परम्‌

manaḥ praṇayate ’tmānaṃ sa enam abhiyuñjati | yukto yadā sa bhavati tadā taṃ paśyate param ||

મન આત્માને (વિષયો તરફ) દોરી જાય છે અને તેને કર્મમાં જોડે છે. યોગી એ જ મનને યોગમાં યુક્ત—આત્મામાં લીન—કરે છે. જ્યારે તે યોગમાં સ્થિર થઈ સિદ્ધિ પામે છે, ત્યારે તે પરમ તત્ત્વનું સાક્ષાત્કાર કરે છે.

मनःmind
मनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
प्रणयतेleads, brings (towards)
प्रणयते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-नी
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada, 3rd, Singular
आत्मानम्the self
आत्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सःhe/that (one)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एनम्this (him/it)
एनम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अभियुञ्जतिyokes, applies, engages (in yoga)
अभियुञ्जति:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-युज्
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular
युक्तःyoked, disciplined, in union
युक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootयुज् (क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यदाwhen
यदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भवतिbecomes, is
भवति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular
तदाthen
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पश्यतेsees, realizes
पश्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootपश्
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada, 3rd, Singular
परम्the supreme (reality)
परम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

पराशर उवाच

P
Parāśara
M
manas (mind)
Ā
ātman (self)
P
param (the Supreme)

Educational Q&A

The mind is the agent that either entangles the self in outward engagement or, when disciplined and made yoga-yukta (steadily absorbed), becomes the means by which one directly realizes the Supreme.

In a didactic passage of the Śānti Parva, Parāśara instructs about inner practice: he describes the mind’s tendency to pull the self into involvement, and then states the yogic reversal—yoking the mind in the Self—culminating in the vision/realization of the Supreme.