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Verse 26

Akshi

अनेन क्रमयोगेन संयोगेन महात्मनाम् ।

नाहं कर्तेश्वरः कर्ता कर्म वा प्राक्तनं मम ॥

कृत्वा दूरतरे नूनमिति शब्दार्थभावनम् ।

यन्मौनमासनं शान्तं तच्छ्रेष्ठासङ्ग उच्यते ॥२५-२६॥

अनेन । क्रम-योगेन । संयोगेन । महात्मनाम् ।

न । अहम् । कर्ता । ईश्वरः । कर्ता । कर्म । वा । प्राक्तनम् । मम ।

कृत्वा । दूरतरे । नूनम् । इति । शब्द-अर्थ-भावनम् ।

यत् । मौनम् । आसनम् । शान्तम् । तत् । श्रेष्ठ-असङ्गः । उच्यते ।

anena kramayogena saṃyogena mahātmanām |

nāhaṃ kartā īśvaraḥ kartā karma vā prāktanaṃ mama ||

kṛtvā dūratarenūnam iti śabdārthabhāvanam |

yanmaunam āsanaṃ śāntaṃ tacchreṣṭhāsaṅga ucyate ||25–26||

ਇਸ ਕ੍ਰਮਯੋਗ—ਮਹਾਤਮਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਇਸ ਸੰਯੋਗ-ਅਨੁਸ਼ਾਸਨ ਨਾਲ—ਇਉਂ ਭਾਵ ਕਰ: “ਮੈਂ ਕਰਤਾ ਨਹੀਂ; ਈਸ਼ਵਰ ਹੀ ਕਰਤਾ ਹੈ; ਵਰਤਮਾਨ ਜਾਂ ਪੂਰਵ ਕਰਮ ਵੀ ਮੇਰਾ ਨਹੀਂ।” “ਨਿਸ਼ਚੇ ਹੀ ਮੇਰੇ ਤੋਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਦੂਰ” ਇਸ ਸ਼ਬਦਾਰਥ ਦੀ ਭਾਵਨਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਜੋ ਮੌਨ, ਸ਼ਾਂਤ ਆਸਨ ਹੈ, ਉਹੀ ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ ਅਸੰਗ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

By this gradual yoga—this conjunction (discipline) of the great-souled—(one contemplates): “I am not the agent; the Lord is the agent; nor is action, whether present or prior, mine.” Having thus made the contemplation of the meaning of the words—“surely, far away (from me)”—that silent, peaceful posture is called the supreme non-attachment.

Akartṛtva (non-doership) and asanga (non-attachment) as means to mokshaMahavakya: Indirect support to ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’/‘tat tvam asi’ by negating egoic agency (kartṛtva) and ownership (mamatva)AtharvaChandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like śloka (post-Vedic metrical style)