Verse 7

Yogatattva

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनिर्वाच्यं पदं वक्तुं न शक्यं तैः सुरैरपि । स्वात्मप्रकाशरूपं तत् किं शास्त्रेण प्रकाशते ॥७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अनिर्वाच्यम् । पदम् । वक्तुम् । न । शक्यम् । तैः । सुरैः । अपि । स्वात्म-प्रकाश-रूपम् । तत् । किम् । शास्त्रेण । प्रकाशते ॥

IAST Transliteration

anirvācyaṃ padaṃ vaktuṃ na śakyaṃ taiḥ surair api | svātmaprakāśarūpaṃ tat kiṃ śāstreṇa prakāśate ||7||

Translation

ਉਹ ਪਦ ਅਨਿਰਵਚਨੀਯ ਹੈ; ਦੇਵਤੇ ਵੀ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਬਚਨਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਕਹਿ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਕਦੇ। ਉਹ ਸਵੈ-ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਚੇਤਨਾ-ਸਰੂਪ ਹੈ—ਫਿਰ ਸ਼ਾਸਤਰ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਿਤ ਕਰ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ? ॥੭॥

Academic Translation

That state (pada) is inexpressible; it cannot be spoken of even by those gods. That (Reality) is of the nature of self-luminous awareness—how could it be ‘illumined’ by scripture?

Verse Context

• Brahman/Ātman as self-luminous (svayaṃ-prakāśa) and inexpressible (anirvacanīya/anirvācya)
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ (Aham brahmāsmi) and ‘तत् त्वम् असि’ (Tat tvam asi) by emphasizing self-revealing consciousness not dependent on external pramāṇa for illumination; śāstra functions as a pointer (lakṣaṇa) rather than a producer of Brahman.
• Krishna Yajurveda
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)