Verse 2

Yogatattva

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विष्णुर्नाम महायोगी महाभूतो महातपाः । तत्त्वमार्गे यथा दीपो दृश्यते पुरुषोत्तमः ॥२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

विष्णुः । नाम । महा-योगी । महा-भूतः । महा-तपाः । तत्त्व-मार्गे । यथा । दीपः । दृश्यते । पुरुष-उत्तमः ॥२॥

IAST Transliteration

viṣṇur nāma mahāyogī mahābhūto mahātapāḥ | tattvamārge yathā dīpo dṛśyate puruṣottamaḥ ||2||

Translation

ವಿಷ್ಣುವೇ ನಿಜವಾಗಿ ಮಹಾಯೋಗಿ, ಮಹಾಭೂತ, ಮಹಾತಪಸ್ವಿ; ತತ್ತ್ವಮಾರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಪುರುಷೋತ್ತಮ ಪರಮಾತ್ಮನು ದೀಪದಂತೆ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಸಿ ದೃಶ್ಯನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Academic Translation

Viṣṇu, indeed, is the great yogin, the great being, the great ascetic; on the path of truth the Supreme Person is seen like a lamp.

Verse Context

• Īśvara/Brahman as the illuminator of tattva-mārga; divine guidance toward realization
• Mahavakya: Indirect: aligns with “prajñānaṃ brahma”/“ayam ātmā brahma” insofar as Brahman/Īśvara is the light of knowledge; frames realization as illumination (jñāna-prakāśa).
• Krishna Yajurveda
• Taittirīya-śākhā (traditional association) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)