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Shloka 7

Adhyāya 314 — हिमवदाश्रमः, शक्तिक्षेपकथा, तथा स्वाध्यायविधिः

Himalayan Hermitage, the Myth of the Thrown Spear, and Rules of Vedic Study

तमसशक्ष्‌ तथा सत्त्वं सत्त्वस्याव्यक्तमेव च | अव्यक्त: सत्त्वसंयुक्तो देवलोकमवाप्नुयात्‌,सत्त्गगुणके साथ रजोगुण, रजोगुणके साथ तमोगुण, तमोगुणके साथ सत्त्वगुण तथा सत्त्गगुणके साथ अव्यक्त (जीवात्मा)-का सम्मिश्रण देखा जाता है (यह दो तत्त्वोंका संयोग या मेल ही द्वन्द्द है)। जीवात्मा जब सत्त्वगुणसे संयुक्त होता है, तब देवलोकको प्राप्त होता है

tamasaḥ kṣaḥ tathā sattvaṃ sattvasyāvyaktam eva ca | avyaktaḥ sattva-saṃyukto devalokam avāpnuyāt ||

याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच—तमसश्च तथा रजः, रजसश्च तमस्तथा। तमसश्च तथा सत्त्वं, सत्त्वस्याव्यक्तमेव च। एष द्वन्द्व इति प्रोक्तो द्वयोस्तत्त्वयोः संनिपातः। अव्यक्तः सत्त्वसंयुक्तो देवलोकमवाप्नुयात्।

तमसःof tamas (darkness/inertia)
तमसः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootतमस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
शक्is able / can (be)
शक्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootशक्
FormPresent, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada, Indicative
तथाand likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
सत्त्वम्sattva (purity/clarity)
सत्त्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सत्त्वस्यof sattva
सत्त्वस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्व
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
अव्यक्तम्the unmanifest
अव्यक्तम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यक्त
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अव्यक्तःthe unmanifest one (jiva/atman, as intended here)
अव्यक्तः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअव्यक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सत्त्वसंयुक्तःjoined with sattva
सत्त्वसंयुक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्त्व-संयुक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
देवलोकम्the world of the gods
देवलोकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेवलोक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अवाप्नुयात्would attain / may attain
अवाप्नुयात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअव-आप्
FormAorist (precative/benedictive usage), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada, Optative/Precative

याज़्वल्क्य उवाच

Y
Yājñavalkya
D
devaloka

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that lived experience arises from conjunctions of principles—especially the guṇas—and that the quality of one’s association (saṃyoga) determines one’s destination: association with sattva leads upward to devaloka.

In Śānti Parva’s philosophical instruction, Yājñavalkya explains how mixtures of tamas, rajas, sattva, and the Unmanifest are perceived as ‘duality’ (dvandva), and he states the karmic-cosmological result that a sattva-associated self reaches the divine realm.