Shloka 23

अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः | Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman

Devanagari script

सम्बन्ध-- बीसवें; इक्कीसवें और बाईसवें श्लोकोंगें परमात्माकी प्राप्तिरूप जिस स्थितिके महत्त्व और लक्षणोंका वर्णन किया गया

Transliteration

taṁ vidyād duḥkha-saṁyoga-viyogaṁ yoga-saṁjñitam | sa niścayena yoktavyo yogo 'nirviṇṇa-cetasā ||

Translation

«ယောဂ» ဟု ခေါ်သော အခြေအနေကို ဒုက္ခဖြစ်စေသော လောကီဆက်စပ်မှုမှ ခွဲကွာခြင်းဟု သိမှတ်ရမည်။ ထိုယောဂကို စိတ်မကျမနာ မညှိုးငယ်သော စိတ်ဖြင့်—သည်းခံမှုနှင့် အားထုတ်မှုပါသော စိတ်ဖြင့်—ခိုင်မာသော ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်နှင့်အတူ လေ့ကျင့်ရမည်။

Word by Word

• तम्: that (state/it)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विद्यात्: should know
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दुःख-संयोग-वियोगम्: separation from the conjunction with sorrow
• दुःख-संयोग-वियोगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वियोग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• योग-संज्ञितम्: called ‘yoga’
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संज्ञित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सः: that (yoga)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निश्चयेन: with determination
• निश्चयेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• योक्तव्यः: to be practiced / must be yoked
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• योगः: yoga
• योगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनिर्विण्ण-चेतसा: with an unwearied (undaunted) mind
• अनिर्विण्ण-चेतसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Yoga

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Yoga is defined as the deliberate separation from the mind’s entanglement with suffering, and it must be pursued with unwavering resolve and a non-despondent, steady mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of the Kurukṣetra context, the teaching turns to inner discipline: the speaker defines what “Yoga” truly means and urges committed practice without discouragement.