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Shloka 5

Adhyāya 48: Brahmopadeśa on Prāṇāyāma, Sāttvika Vṛtti, and the Sattva–Kṣetrajña Question

एवं पूर्व प्रसन्नात्मा लभते यद्‌ यदिच्छति । अव्यक्तात्‌ सनत्त्वमुद्रिक्तममृतत्वाय कल्पते

evaṁ pūrva-prasannātmā labhate yad yad icchati | avyaktāt sanattvam udriktam amṛtatvāya kalpate ||

ഇങ്ങനെ ആദ്യം അന്തഃകരണം പ്രസന്നവും നിർമലവും ആകുമ്പോൾ മനുഷ്യൻ യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നതു നേടുന്നു। അവ്യക്തത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഉന്നതവും സ്ഥിരവുമായ സത്-സ്ഥിതി ഉദ്ഭവിച്ച് അമൃതത്വം—മോക്ഷം—നേടാൻ യോഗ്യമാക്കുന്നു।

एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
पूर्वम्formerly/earlier
पूर्वम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व
प्रसन्नात्माone whose self is serene
प्रसन्नात्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसन्नात्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लभतेobtains
लभते:
TypeVerb
Rootलभ्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada
यत्whatever (that which)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
यत्whatever
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
इच्छतिdesires
इच्छति:
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
अव्यक्तात्from the unmanifest
अव्यक्तात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअव्यक्त
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
सत्त्वम्being/existence; sattva
सत्त्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
उद्रिक्तम्exceeding/abundant
उद्रिक्तम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्रिक्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अमृतत्वायfor immortality
अमृतत्वाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootअमृतत्व
FormNeuter, Dative, Singular
कल्पतेis fit/serves; becomes suitable
कल्पते:
TypeVerb
Rootकॢप्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyudeva (Wind-god)
A
avyakta (the Unmanifest principle)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that inner serenity (prasanna-ātmā) is the prerequisite for true attainment: when the mind is purified and composed, one gains what is worth seeking, and this inward refinement leads from the Unmanifest (avyakta) toward a higher, enduring state suited to immortality (amṛtatva).

Vāyudeva is speaking, presenting a doctrinal point: he links mental clarity and prior inner pacification with successful attainment, and then frames the highest attainment as a movement from the Unmanifest principle toward an exalted, deathless condition.