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Shloka 23

Keśava-tattva-kathana

On the Principle of Keśava: Cosmogony and Divine Epithets

भूयश्चैवापरं प्राह वचन मधुरं तदा । जापकैस्तुल्यफलता योगानां नात्र संशय:

bhūyaś caivāparaṃ prāha vacanaṃ madhuraṃ tadā | jāpakaistulyaphalatā yogānāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ ||

Bhīṣma disse: Então, mais uma vez, falou adiante com palavras doces: “Não há dúvida aqui—os que praticam japa (a repetição de fórmulas sagradas) alcançam um fruto igual ao alcançado pelos yogins.” A afirmação confirma uma paridade ética e espiritual: a devoção disciplinada por meio da lembrança repetida pode conceder o mesmo benefício interior e último que a prática formal do yoga.

भूयःagain, further
भूयः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयस्
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अपरम्another (thing)
अपरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर
Formneuter, accusative, singular
प्राहsaid
प्राह:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+अह्
Formperfect, third, singular
वचनम्speech, words
वचनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवचन
Formneuter, accusative, singular
मधुरम्sweet, pleasant
मधुरम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमधुर
Formneuter, accusative, singular
तदाthen
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
जापकैःby/for reciters (those who do japa)
जापकैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootजापक
Formmasculine, instrumental, plural
तुल्यफलताequality of result
तुल्यफलता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतुल्य-फलता
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
योगानाम्of yogas / of yogic practices
योगानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootयोग
Formmasculine, genitive, plural
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अत्रhere, in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय
Formmasculine, nominative, singular

भीष्य उवाच

B
Bhishma

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that the spiritual fruit attained through yogic discipline is also attainable through japa; sincere, steady repetition and remembrance can be as efficacious as formal yoga in producing spiritual attainment.

In Bhīṣma’s discourse, a speaker continues with a gentle, persuasive statement, emphasizing—without reservation—that japa-practitioners can reach the same results as yogins.