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Shloka 107

Īśvara-Gītā (continued): Twofold Yoga, Aṣṭāṅga Discipline, Pāśupata Meditation, and the Unity of Nārāyaṇa–Maheśvara

व्यास उवाच इत्येतदुक्त्वा भगवानात्मयोगमनुत्तमम् / व्याजहार समासीनं नारायणमनामयम्

vyāsa uvāca ityetaduktvā bhagavānātmayogamanuttamam / vyājahāra samāsīnaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam

Vyāsa berkata: Setelah demikian menguraikan Yoga Diri yang tiada banding, Sang Bhagavān lalu berbicara kepada Nārāyaṇa yang duduk tenang, bebas dari segala derita.

व्यासःVyāsa
व्यासः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन
इतिthus
इति:
Vakyartha (वाक्यार्थ-सूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-निपात (quotative particle)
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन
उक्त्वाhaving said
उक्त्वा:
Purvakala (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त; त्वान्त (क्त्वा) अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive): ‘having said’
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन
आत्म-योगम्the yoga of the Self
आत्म-योगम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootātman + yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमास: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी: ‘आत्मनः योगः’); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन
अनुत्तमम्unsurpassed, supreme
अनुत्तमम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanuttama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण (आत्मयोगम्)
व्याजहारspoke, uttered
व्याजहार:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-आ-हृ (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन
समासीनम्seated
समासीनम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-आ-सीद् (धातु) → samāsīna (प्रातिपदिक; क्त)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय; past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण (नारायणम्)
नारायणम्Nārāyaṇa
नारायणम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन
अनामयम्free from illness, untroubled
अनामयम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanāmaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण (नारायणम्)

Vyasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

V
Vyasa
N
Narayana

FAQs

It frames the teaching as “ātma-yoga,” the supreme discipline centered on realizing the Self beyond affliction—implying inner freedom (anāmayatva) as the mark of Self-knowledge.

The verse signals the culmination of “ātma-yoga” and emphasizes composed seatedness (samāsīna), pointing to meditative stability and contemplative absorption central to the Ishvara Gita’s yoga-instruction.

By presenting the supreme yogic teaching within the Ishvara Gita context—famous for Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis—it supports a non-sectarian vision where the highest truth is approached through shared yogic realization rather than rivalry.