Shloka 10

Kāma–Mamatā–Upadeśa

Discourse on Desire, Possessiveness, and Ritual Duty

Devanagari script

भूयो भूयोजन्मनो5भ्यासयोगाद्‌ योगी योगं सारमार्ग विचिन्त्य । दानं च वेदाध्ययनं तपश्न काम्यानि कर्माणि च वैदिकानि

Transliteration

bhūyo bhūyo janmano 'bhyāsayogād yogī yogaṃ sāramārgaṃ vicintya | dānaṃ ca vedādhyayanaṃ tapaś ca kāmyāni karmāṇi ca vaidikāni ||

Translation

ଅନେକ ଜନ୍ମର ଅଭ୍ୟାସସାଧନାରେ ଯୋଗୀ ଚିନ୍ତନ କରି ଯୋଗକୁ ହିଁ ମୋକ୍ଷର ସାରମାର୍ଗ ବୋଲି ନିଶ୍ଚୟ କରେ ଏବଂ କାମନାକୁ ନାଶ କରେ। ଏହା ଜାଣି ସେ ଦାନ, ବେଦାଧ୍ୟୟନ, ତପ ଓ ଅନ୍ୟାନ୍ୟ ବୈଦିକ କର୍ମକୁ ଫଳଲାଲସାରେ କରେନାହିଁ; କାରଣ ଫଳକାମନା ସହିତ କରାଯାଇଥିବା କର୍ମ ସତ୍ୟ ଧର୍ମ ନୁହେଁ। ପ୍ରକୃତରେ କାମନା-ନିଗ୍ରହ ହିଁ ଧର୍ମ, ଏବଂ ସେଇ ମୋକ୍ଷର ମୂଳ।

Word by Word

• भूयः: again, further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्
• Form: avyaya (comparative adverb)

• भूयः: again, repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्
• Form: avyaya (comparative adverb)

• जन्मनः: of birth (of a life)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन्
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• अभ्यासयोगात्: from the yoga of practice (repeated discipline)
• अभ्यासयोगात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्यासयोग
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• योगी: the yogin
• योगी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• योगम्: yoga
• योगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• सारमार्गम्: the essential path (best way)
• सारमार्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारमार्ग
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• विचिन्त्य: having reflected/considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + चिन्त्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), indeclinable

• दानम्: gift, charity
• दानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: avyaya

• वेदाध्ययनम्: study/recitation of the Veda
• वेदाध्ययनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदाध्ययन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: avyaya

• काम्यानि: desire-motivated, for desired results
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• कर्माणि: acts, rites
• कर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: avyaya

• वैदिकानि: Vedic, prescribed by the Veda
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैदिक
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu-deva
• yogī
• Veda

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Yoga, understood as the disciplined path leading to liberation, is the essential means; actions done with desire for results (kāmya-karma) do not constitute true dharma. The real dharma is the restraint and dissolution of desire, which becomes the root of mokṣa.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is instructing the listener about the hierarchy of spiritual means: after many births of practice, the yogin recognizes yoga as the decisive liberating path and therefore does not treat charity, Vedic study, austerity, or Vedic rites as instruments for fulfilling personal desires.