Shloka 54

Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank

Devanagari script

रसां पुनः प्रविष्ट क्ष योगं परममास्थित:

Transliteration

rasāṁ punaḥ praviṣṭaḥ kṣa yogaṁ paramam āsthitaḥ

Translation

វៃសម្បាយនៈបានមានពាក្យថា៖ ម្តងទៀត ទ្រង់បានចូលទៅក្នុងសារធាតុជីវិតដ៏សំខាន់ (ចរន្តដែលទ្រទ្រង់ជីវិត) ហើយបានតាំងខ្លួននៅក្នុងយោគៈដ៏អធិក—ស្ថិតនៅក្នុងស្ថេរភាព និងការគ្រប់គ្រងខ្ពស់បំផុត។

Word by Word

• रसान्: tastes/essences (objects)
• रसान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रसा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• प्रविष्टः: having entered
• प्रविष्टः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु) → प्रविष्ट (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• योगम्: yoga; disciplined absorption
• योगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परमम्: supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थितः: having resorted to; established in
• आस्थितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु) → आस्थित (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a movement from ordinary vitality and engagement back into a stabilized, highest yogic discipline—suggesting that true ethical and spiritual fulfillment culminates in inner restraint, clarity, and establishment in the supreme path of yoga.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that a person (implied from the surrounding context) ‘re-enters’ the sustaining essence of life and then becomes firmly established in the highest yoga, indicating a transition into profound spiritual absorption and disciplined realization.