Shloka 12

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

आत्मवत् सर्वभूतानां हितायैव प्रवर्तनम् अहिंसैषा समाख्याता या चात्मज्ञानसिद्धिदा

Transliteration

ātmavat sarvabhūtānāṃ hitāyaiva pravartanam ahiṃsaiṣā samākhyātā yā cātmajñānasiddhidā

Translation

一切の生きとし生けるものを己のアートマンのごとく観じ、その安寧のために行ずること—これのみがアヒンサー（不害）と宣言される。まさにそれが自己知（アートマ・ジュニャーナ）の成就を与え、束縛された魂パシュ（paśu）を主宰パティ（Pati）へと導く。

Word by Word

• आत्मवत्: as oneself, with the sense of ‘as the Self’

• सर्वभूतानाम्: of all beings

• हिताय: for welfare, for benefit

• एव: indeed, alone

• प्रवर्तनम्: conduct, engagement in action

• अहिंसा: non-injury, non-harming

• एषा: this

• समाख्याता: is declared, is defined

• या: which

• च: and

• आत्मज्ञान: Self-knowledge

• सिद्धिदा: bestower of attainment, giver of realization

Speaker

Suta Goswami