Brahmavidya Upanishad — Verse 58

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एते गुणाः प्रवर्तन्ते योगाभ्यासकृतश्रमैः । तस्माद्योगं समादाय सर्वदुःखबहिष्कृतः ॥५८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

एते गुणाः प्रवर्तन्ते योग-अभ्यास-कृत-श्रमैः । तस्मात् योगम् समादाय सर्व-दुःख-बहिष्कृतः ।

IAST Transliteration

ete guṇāḥ pravartante yogābhyāsa-kṛta-śramaiḥ | tasmād yogaṃ samādāya sarva-duḥkha-bahiṣkṛtaḥ ||58||

Translation

ಯೋಗಾಭ್ಯಾಸದಿಂದ ಉಂಟಾಗುವ ಪರಿಶ್ರಮದಿಂದ ಈ ಗುಣಗಳು ಪ್ರಕಟವಾಗುತ್ತವೆ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಯೋಗವನ್ನು ಅಂಗೀಕರಿಸಿದವನು ಸಮಸ್ತ ದುಃಖದಿಂದ ಬಹಿಷ್ಕೃತನಾಗಿ, ದುಃಖಾತೀತನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Academic Translation

These qualities arise through the exertions produced by the practice of yoga. Therefore, taking up yoga, one becomes excluded from all suffering.

Verse Context

• Yoga as sādhana for duḥkha-nivṛtti and inner purification (antaḥkaraṇa-śuddhi)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: yoga prepares the mind for mahāvākya-based self-knowledge; not itself a mahāvākya teaching.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)