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Shloka 2

सूक्ष्मभूत-भूतात्मविज्ञानम्

Knowing the subtle principle and the bhūtātman through yoga

व्यास उवाच प्राप्प संस्कारमेताभ्यामाश्रमा भ्यां तत: परम्‌ । यत्कार्य परमार्थ तु तदिहैकमना: शूणु,व्यासजीने कहा--बेटा! ब्रह्मचर्य और गृहस्थाश्रमके धर्मोद्वारा चित्तका संस्कार (शोधन) करनेके अनन्तर मुक्तिके लिये जो वास्तविक कर्तव्य है, उसे बताता हूँ, तुम यहाँ एकाग्रचित्त होकर सुनो

vyāsa uvāca | prāpya saṃskāram etābhyām āśramābhyāṃ tataḥ param | yat kāryaṃ paramārthaṃ tu tad ihaikamanāḥ śṛṇu |

व्यास उवाच—प्राप्य संस्कारमेताभ्यामाश्रमाभ्यां ततः परम्। यत्कार्यं परमार्थं तु तदिहैकमनाḥ शृणु॥

{'vyāsa uvāca''Vyāsa said', 'prāpya': 'having attained, having obtained', 'saṃskāram': 'refinement
{'vyāsa uvāca':
formative discipline of mind and character', 'etābhyām''by these two', 'āśramābhyām': 'by the two āśramas (life-stages)', 'tataḥ param': 'thereafter
formative discipline of mind and character', 'etābhyām':
beyond that', 'yat''that which', 'kāryam': 'what is to be done
beyond that', 'yat':
task', 'paramārtham''the highest purpose
task', 'paramārtham':
supreme good (often implying mokṣa)', 'tu''but/indeed (emphatic)', 'tat': 'that', 'iha': 'here (in this teaching/context)', 'eka-manāḥ': 'single-minded
supreme good (often implying mokṣa)', 'tu':
concentrated', 'śṛṇu''listen'}
concentrated', 'śṛṇu':

व्यास उवाच

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