Shloka 23

ध्यानयोगः — Dhyāna-Yoga

Discipline of Meditation and Mental Restraint

Devanagari script

गतसड्स्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतस: । यज्ञायाचरत: कर्म समग्र प्रविलीयते

Transliteration

gatasāṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthitacetasaḥ | yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṁ pravilīyate ||

Translation

गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः । यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते ॥

Word by Word

• गतसङ्गस्य: of one who has gone beyond attachment (free from association/attachment)
• गतसङ्गस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतसङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मुक्तस्य: of the liberated/free one
• मुक्तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः: whose mind is established in knowledge
• ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञानावस्थितचेतस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• यज्ञाय: for sacrifice (as an offering/for the sake of yajña)
• यज्ञाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• आचरतः: of (him) practicing/performing
• आचरतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: आचर्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कर्म: action, deed
• कर्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• समग्रं: entirely, wholly (as a whole)
• समग्रं: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समग्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रविलीयते: is dissolved/merges away
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वि + ली
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/Intransitive (middle)

Speaker

अजुन उवाच