Shloka 12
Devanagari script
प्राप्स्यसे च यदिष्टं तत् सांख्ययोगेप्सितं पदम् । एतावदुक्त्वा भगवानस्तमेवाभ्यवर्तत
Transliteration
prāpsyase ca yadiṣṭaṃ tat sāṅkhyayogepsitaṃ padam | etāvad uktvā bhagavān astam evābhyavartata |
Translation
「汝は望みし境地を得るであろう。数論の徒も、ヨーガの行者も、なお求めてやまぬ至上の目標である。」ただこれだけを告げると、福徳ある日神はその場で退き、姿を消した。
Word by Word
प्राप्स्यसेyou will attain
प्राप्स्यसे:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-आप् (आप्)
Formलृट् (भविष्यत्), आत्मनेपद, मध्यम, एकवचन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
यत्which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formनपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन
इष्टम्desired
इष्टम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootइष्ट (√इष्)
Formनपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formनपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन
सांख्ययोगेप्सितम्desired by Sāṅkhyas and Yogins
सांख्ययोगेप्सितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसांख्य-योग-ईप्सित
Formनपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन
पदम्state/goal/abode
पदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपद
Formनपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन
एतावत्this much
एतावत्:
Karma
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootएतावत्
Formनपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन
उक्त्वाhaving said
उक्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Formक्त्वा (अव्यय), कर्तरि
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootभगवत्
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अस्तम्to setting (west); into disappearance
अस्तम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअस्त
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अभ्यवर्ततturned back/withdrew; went away
अभ्यवर्तत:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-√वृत्
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, एकवचन
Speaker
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YājñavalkyaB
Bhagavān Sūrya (the Sun-god)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms that the promised attainment is the highest spiritual goal (padam) sought by both Sāṅkhya (knowledge/discrimination) and Yoga (discipline/meditation), implying the convergence of these paths in liberation-oriented realization.
A divine figure identified as the Sun-god delivers a brief assurance of the seeker’s attainment of the supreme desired state; after speaking, he withdraws and becomes invisible, marking the close of the divine encounter.