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Shloka 21

Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization

एतमेव च नैवं च न चोभे नानुभे न च । कर्मस्था विषयं ब्रूयु: सत्त्वस्था: समदर्शिन:

etameva ca naivaṁ ca na cobhe nānubhe na ca | karmasthā viṣayaṁ brūyuḥ sattvasthāḥ samadarśinaḥ ||

କର୍ମବାଦୀମାନେ ଏ ବିଷୟରେ କେବେ କହନ୍ତି—“ଏହିଏ (ପୁରୁଷକାର) କାରଣ”; ପୁଣି କହନ୍ତି—“ନୁହେଁ, ପୁରୁଷକାର ନୁହେଁ, ଦୈବ କାରଣ”; କେବେ—“ଦୁହେଁ ମିଶି ସିଦ୍ଧି କରନ୍ତି”; ଆଉ କେହି—“ଦୁହେଁ ନୁହେଁ।” ଏଭଳି ସେମାନେ ନିଶ୍ଚୟକୁ ପହଞ୍ଚି ପାରନ୍ତି ନାହିଁ। କିନ୍ତୁ ସତ୍ତ୍ୱରେ ସ୍ଥିତ ସମଦର୍ଶୀ ଯୋଗୀମାନେ ଏକମାତ୍ର ପରମତତ୍ତ୍ୱକୁ ହିଁ କାରଣରୂପେ ଦେଖନ୍ତି।

एतम्this (as object)
एतम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवम्thus/in this way
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उभेboth (two things)
उभे:
Karma
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootउभ
FormNeuter, Accusative, Dual
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अनुभेnot-both (neither of the two)
अनुभे:
Karma
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअनुभ
FormNeuter, Accusative, Dual
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कर्मस्थाःthose situated in action (action-oriented people)
कर्मस्थाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootकर्मस्था
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
विषयम्the topic/matter
विषयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविषय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
ब्रूयुःwould say/should say
ब्रूयुः:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (ब्रवीति)
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
सत्त्वस्थाःthose established in sattva (purity/being)
सत्त्वस्थाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootसत्त्वस्था
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
समदर्शिनःequal-seeing ones
समदर्शिनः:
Karta
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootसमदर्शिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

Debates about whether success is caused by human effort, fate, both, or neither often remain inconclusive when argued from an action-centered standpoint. The verse points toward a higher, sattva-based yogic vision that sees an underlying, single reality as the true basis behind apparent causes.

Vyāsa is explaining a philosophical dispute about causality—how results arise—and contrasts the conflicting claims of karma-focused speakers with the steadier insight of sattva-established yogins who are described as samadarśin (equal-seeing).