Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

शर्वर्यन्ते सुजातानामन्येभ्यो विदधात्यज: । वेदोंमें ऋषियोंके नाम तो हैं ही

Transliteration

śarvary-ante sujātānām anyebhyo vidadhāty ajaḥ | nāmabheda-tapaḥ-karma-yajñākhyā loka-siddhayaḥ ||

Translation

शर्वर्यन्ते सुजातानामन्येभ्यो विदधात्यजः । नामभेदतपःकर्मयज्ञाख्या लोकसिद्धयः ॥

Word by Word

• शर्वरि-अन्ते: at the end of the night
• शर्वरि-अन्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्वरी-अन्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सु-जातानाम्: of the well-born / well-produced (beings/things)
• सु-जातानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुजात
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अन्येभ्यः: to others
• अन्येभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Plural

• विदधाति: assigns / apportions / ordains
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु: धा)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अजः: the Unborn (Brahmā)
• अजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Brahmā (Aja, the Unborn)
• Vedas (implied by context of naming and classifications)
• Ṛṣis (implied by context of Vedic names)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Order in the world depends on meaningful naming and recognized distinctions. By assigning names and instituting disciplines (tapas), duties (karma), and sacrificial forms (yajña), Brahmā establishes a framework through which beings can understand one another and act according to dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa describes the moment after the cosmic night ends and a new creation begins: Brahmā designates names for created beings and then sets up the conventional structures—classifications and religious-ethical practices—by which society and ritual life become intelligible and functional.