Shloka 1

Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization

Devanagari script

अकाल - अर्थात्‌ संध्या और संध्याशोंसहित त्रेतायुग छत्तीस सौ वर्षोका

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | brahma tejo-mayaṁ śukraṁ yasya sarvam idaṁ jagat | ekasya brahma-bhūtasya dṛśyaṁ sthāvara-jaṅgamam ||

Translation

व्यास उवाच—ब्रह्म तेजोमयं शुक यतः सर्वमिदं जगत्। एकस्य ब्रह्मभूतस्य द्विधा स्थावरजङ्गमम्॥

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyasa
• व्यासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ब्रह्म: Brahman (the Absolute)
• ब्रह्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तेजोमयम्: consisting of light/energy
• तेजोमयम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजोमय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शुक्रम्: the bright (principle); luminous essence
• शुक्रम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जगत्: world/universe
• जगत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एकस्य: of the one
• एकस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• ब्रह्मभूतस्य: who has become Brahman; Brahman-natured
• ब्रह्मभूतस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मभूत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• द्वयम्: a pair; twofold (division)
• द्वयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• स्थावरम्: immobile (plants etc.)
• स्थावरम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थावर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जङ्गमम्: mobile (moving beings)
• जङ्गमम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जङ्गम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Brahman
• Jagat (the universe)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse grounds the diversity of the world (moving and unmoving beings) in a single luminous, pure Reality—Brahman—implying that multiplicity is a manifestation dependent on the One.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa begins an instruction on creation and cosmic order, introducing Brahman as the radiant source from which the manifested universe—both animate and inanimate—appears.