Verse 23

Niralamba

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यमाद्यष्टाङ्गयोगसङ्कल्पो बन्धः ॥२३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

यम-आदि-अष्टाङ्ग-योग-सङ्कल्पः । बन्धः ॥२३॥

IAST Transliteration

yamādy-aṣṭāṅga-yoga-saṅkalpo bandhaḥ ||23||

Translation

Saṅkalpa untuk menempuh yoga beranggota delapan, bermula dari yama, adalah belenggu.

Academic Translation

The volitional construction (saṅkalpa) of the eight-limbed yoga beginning with yama is bondage.

Verse Context

• Saṅkalpa as the root of bondage; transcendence of doership (kartṛtva) even in yogic practice
• Mahavakya: Indirect: prepares for mahāvākya-realization by undermining identification with the ‘practitioner/doer’; points toward the recognition implied in ‘tat tvam asi’/‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ where no separate achiever remains.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose