Shloka 37

The Horse’s Journey

to Cyavana’s Hermitage

Devanagari script

योगिनो ध्याननिष्ठा ये यं ध्यात्वा योगमास्थिताः । संसारभयनिर्मुक्ताः प्रयाताः परमं पदम्

Transliteration

yogino dhyānaniṣṭhā ye yaṃ dhyātvā yogamāsthitāḥ | saṃsārabhayanirmuktāḥ prayātāḥ paramaṃ padam

Translation

Aqueles iogues firmes na meditação, tendo-o contemplado e assumido a disciplina do ioga, libertos do temor do samsara, partiram para a morada suprema.

Word by Word

• योगिनः: yogins
• योगिनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ध्यान-निष्ठाः: steadfast in meditation
• ध्यान-निष्ठाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक) + निष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष: ध्याने निष्ठा येषाम्/ध्याननिष्ठाः (steadfast in meditation)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ध्यात्वा: having meditated (on)
• ध्यात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्यय-भाव (indeclinable verbal)

• योगम्: yoga
• योगम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आस्थिताः: having undertaken/entered upon
• आस्थिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past active participle/क्त), परस्मैपदी-भाव; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• संसार-भय-निर्मुक्ताः: freed from fear of worldly existence
• संसार-भय-निर्मुक्ताः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + भय (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष: संसारभयात् निर्मुक्ताः (freed from fear of saṃsāra)

• प्रयाताः: went/attained
• प्रयाताः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + या (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past active participle/क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within the Adhyaya; not explicitly marked in the provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: योगिनो→योगिनः; ध्याननिष्ठा→ध्यान-निष्ठाः; योगमास्थिताः→योगम् आस्थिताः; संसारभयनिर्मुक्ताः→संसार-भय-निर्मुक्ताः

FAQs

What is the central teaching of this verse?

It teaches that steadfast meditation on the Lord and commitment to yogic discipline leads to freedom from the fear of saṃsāra and culminates in attaining the supreme state/abode (paramaṃ padam).

What does “saṃsārabhaya” (fear of saṃsāra) mean here?

It refers to existential fear tied to repeated birth and death, impermanence, and bondage to worldly cycles; the verse says this fear is removed through meditative realization and yoga.

What is meant by “paramaṃ padam” in this context?

It denotes the highest goal—liberation—and is expressed as the supreme state or abode attained by realized yogins after transcending worldly bondage.