Shloka 28
Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization
आत्मसिद्धिस्तु वेदेषु प्रोच्यते दशभि: क्रमै: । यदुक्तं वेदवादेषु गहनं वेददर्शिभि: । तदन्तेषु यथायुक्तं क्रमयोगेन लक्ष्यते
ātmasiddhis tu vedeṣu procyate daśabhiḥ kramaiḥ | yad uktaṃ vedavādeṣu gahanaṃ vedadarśibhiḥ | tad anteṣu yathāyuktaṃ kramayogena lakṣyate ||
व्यास ने कहा—वेदों में आत्मसिद्धि (आत्म-प्राप्ति) दस क्रमों द्वारा बताई गई है। जो गूढ़ तत्त्व वेददर्शी ऋषियों ने वेदवाक्यों में कहा है और जो वेदान्त के अन्तिम उपदेशों में यथायोग्य स्पष्ट किया गया है, वह क्रमयोग—चरणबद्ध योग-साधना—से जाना जाता है।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.