Verse 11

Yogatattva

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुखदुःखैः समायुक्तं जीवभावनया कुरु । तेन जीवाभिधा प्रोक्ता विशुद्धैः परमात्मनि ॥११॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सुख-दुःखैः । समा-युक्तम् । जीव-भावनया । कुरु । तेन । जीव-अभिधा । प्रोक्ता । विशुद्धैः । परम-आत्मनि ॥

IAST Transliteration

sukhaduḥkhaiḥ samāyuktaṃ jīvabhāvanayā kuru | tena jīvābhidhā proktā viśuddhaiḥ paramātmani ||11||

Translation

ਜੀਵ-ਭਾਵਨਾ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਸੁਖ ਅਤੇ ਦੁੱਖ ਨਾਲ ਯੁਕਤ ਕਰ। ਇਸ ਲਈ ਪਰਮਾਤਮਾ ਦੇ ਸੰਦਰਭ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਿਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਰਿਸ਼ੀਆਂ ਨੇ ‘ਜੀਵ’ ਨਾਮ ਦੀ ਅਭਿਧਾ ਕਹੀ ਹੈ।

Academic Translation

Make (it) conjoined with pleasure and pain by the notion of individuality (jīva-bhāvanā). Therefore the designation ‘jīva’ is declared by the purified (sages) with reference to the Supreme Self (paramātman).

Verse Context

• Adhyāsa (superimposition) and jīva as an attributed identity of the paramātman
• Mahavakya: Clarifies the gap between apparent individuality and the Supreme Self, preparing the insight of identity in “tat tvam asi” (you are That) by showing jīva as a conceptual imputation.
• Krishna Yajurveda
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)