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Shloka 8

अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)

निष्कलं सकल ब्रह्म निर्गुणं गुणणोचरम्‌ । योगिनां परमानन्दमक्षरं मोक्षसंज्ञितम्‌

niṣkalaṃ sakala brahma nirguṇaṃ guṇagocaram | yogināṃ paramānandam akṣaraṃ mokṣasaṃjñitam ||

ພຣະວາຍຸເທວະກ່າວວ່າ: «ພຣະພຣະຫມັນນັ້ນ ທັງບໍ່ມີສ່ວນແຍກ ແລະທັງຄອບຄຸມທຸກສິ່ງ; ຢູ່ເຫນືອກຸນະ ແຕ່ກໍເຂົ້າເຖິງໄດ້ຜ່ານກຸນະ. ສໍາລັບຍອກຄີ ພຣະອົງແມ່ນຄວາມສຸກສູງສຸດ—ອັກສະຣະອັນບໍ່ເສື່ອມ ແລະເອີ້ນວ່າ ໂມກສະໂດຍຕົງ»។ ເມື່ອຄໍານີ້ຖືກກ່າວຈົບ ຕັນດິນ—ຄັງແຫ່ງຕະປະ—ກໍໄດ້ຮັບທັດສະນະຂອງຄວາມຈິງທີ່ບໍ່ປ່ຽນແປງ, ບໍ່ມີສິ່ງໃດທຽບໄດ້, ຄິດບໍ່ຮອດ, ນິລັນດອນ ແລະ ໝັ້ນຄົງ—ພຣະພຣະຫມັນອົງດຽວນັ້ນ ທີ່ຖືກກ່າວວ່າ ທັງນິຣກຸນະ ແລະ ສະກຸນະ, ເປັນຄວາມຍິນດີສູງສຸດຂອງຍອກຄີ, ເປັນອັກສະຣະທີ່ບໍ່ຖືກທໍາລາຍ, ແລະເປັນຮູບແຫ່ງໂມກສະ.

निष्कलम्partless, without parts
निष्कलम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनिष्कल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सकलम्whole, complete
सकलम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसकल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
ब्रह्मBrahman (the Absolute)
ब्रह्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
निर्गुणम्without qualities/attributes
निर्गुणम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्गुण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
गुणगोचरम्within the range of qualities; accessible through attributes
गुणगोचरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootगुणगोचर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
योगिनाम्of yogins
योगिनाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयोगिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
परमानन्दम्supreme bliss
परमानन्दम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपरमानन्द
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अक्षरम्imperishable
अक्षरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्षर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मोक्षसंज्ञितम्called ‘moksha’; designated as liberation
मोक्षसंज्ञितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमोक्ष-संज्ञित
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu-deva
T
Taṇḍin
B
Brahman
M
mokṣa

Educational Q&A

The verse presents Brahman as simultaneously transcendent and immanent: partless (niṣkala) and all-inclusive (sakala), beyond the guṇas (nirguṇa) yet approachable through attributes (guṇagocara). For the realized yogin, this Reality is experienced as supreme bliss and as mokṣa itself—imperishable and unchanging.

Vāyu-deva describes the nature of Brahman, and immediately upon this instruction Taṇḍin, the ascetic, attains darśana—direct vision/realization—of that eternal, immutable Brahman characterized as both nirguṇa and saguṇa, identified with the yogins’ highest joy and liberation.