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Shloka 10

Kāma–Mamatā–Upadeśa

Discourse on Desire, Possessiveness, and Ritual Duty

भूयो भूयोजन्मनो5भ्यासयोगाद्‌ योगी योगं सारमार्ग विचिन्त्य । दानं च वेदाध्ययनं तपश्न काम्यानि कर्माणि च वैदिकानि,योगी पुरुष अनेक जन्मोंके अभ्याससे योगको ही मोक्षका मार्ग निश्चित करके कामनाओंका नाश कर डालता है। जो इस बातको जानता है, वह दान, वेदाध्ययन, तप, वेदोक्त कर्म, व्रत, यज्ञ, नियम और ध्यान-योगादिका कामनापूर्वक अनुष्ठान नहीं करता तथा जिस कर्मसे वह कुछ कामना रखता है, वह धर्म नहीं है। वास्तवमें कामनाओंका निग्रह ही धर्म है और वही मोक्षका मूल है

bhūyo bhūyo janmano 'bhyāsayogād yogī yogaṃ sāramārgaṃ vicintya | dānaṃ ca vedādhyayanaṃ tapaś ca kāmyāni karmāṇi ca vaidikāni ||

ヴァーユ神は言った。「幾度もの生を重ね、不断の修習によって、ヨーギーは思惟し、解脱(モークシャ)への要道はただヨーガのみと見定める。これを知る者は、布施も、ヴェーダの学習も、苦行も、その他のヴェーダの祭式も、私益を求める欲によっては行わない。果報を貪ってなす行いは、真のダルマではないからである。まことに、欲を制し、消し尽くすことこそダルマであり、その制御こそが解脱の根である。」

भूयःagain, further
भूयः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयस्
Formavyaya (comparative adverb)
भूयःagain, repeatedly
भूयः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयस्
Formavyaya (comparative adverb)
जन्मनःof birth (of a life)
जन्मनः:
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन्
Formneuter, genitive, singular
अभ्यासयोगात्from the yoga of practice (repeated discipline)
अभ्यासयोगात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअभ्यासयोग
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
योगीthe yogin
योगी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयोगिन्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
योगम्yoga
योगम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयोग
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
सारमार्गम्the essential path (best way)
सारमार्गम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसारमार्ग
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
विचिन्त्यhaving reflected/considered
विचिन्त्य:
TypeVerb
Rootवि + चिन्त्
Formabsolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), indeclinable
दानम्gift, charity
दानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदान
Formneuter, accusative, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
Formavyaya
वेदाध्ययनम्study/recitation of the Veda
वेदाध्ययनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेदाध्ययन
Formneuter, accusative, singular
तपःausterity, penance
तपः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
Formavyaya
काम्यानिdesire-motivated, for desired results
काम्यानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootकाम्य
Formneuter, accusative, plural
कर्माणिacts, rites
कर्माणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
Formneuter, accusative, plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
Formavyaya
वैदिकानिVedic, prescribed by the Veda
वैदिकानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootवैदिक
Formneuter, accusative, plural

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu-deva
Y
yogī
V
Veda

Educational Q&A

Yoga, understood as the disciplined path leading to liberation, is the essential means; actions done with desire for results (kāmya-karma) do not constitute true dharma. The real dharma is the restraint and dissolution of desire, which becomes the root of mokṣa.

Vāyu-deva is instructing the listener about the hierarchy of spiritual means: after many births of practice, the yogin recognizes yoga as the decisive liberating path and therefore does not treat charity, Vedic study, austerity, or Vedic rites as instruments for fulfilling personal desires.