Verse 6

Yogatattva

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तेषां मुक्तिकरं मार्गं मायाजालनिकृन्तनम् । जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिनाशनं मृत्युतारकम् ॥ नानामार्गैस्तु दुष्प्रापं कैवल्यं परमं पदम् । पतिताः शास्त्रजालेषु प्रज्ञया तेन मोहिताः ॥५-६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तेषाम् । मुक्तिकरम् । मार्गम् । मायाजाल-निकृन्तनम् । जन्म-मृत्यु-जरा-व्याधि-नाशनम् । मृत्युतारकम् ॥ नाना-मार्गैः । तु । दुष्प्रापम् । कैवल्यम् । परमम् । पदम् । पतिताः । शास्त्र-जालेषु । प्रज्ञया । तेन । मोहिताः ॥५-६॥

IAST Transliteration

teṣāṃ muktikaraṃ mārgaṃ māyājāla-nikṛntanam | janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-nāśanaṃ mṛtyu-tārakam || nānā-mārgais tu duṣprāpaṃ kaivalyaṃ paramaṃ padam | patitāḥ śāstra-jāleṣu prajñayā tena mohitāḥ ||5–6||

Translation

அவர்களுக்கு விடுதலை தரும் ஒரு மார்க்கம் உண்டு; அது மாயையின் வலையை வெட்டுகிறது; பிறப்பு-இறப்பு-மூப்பு-நோய் ஆகியவற்றை அழித்து, மரணத்தைத் தாண்டி கரை சேர்க்கிறது. ஆனால் பல வழிகளால் பரமபதமான கைவல்யம் அரிது; அவர்கள் சாஸ்திர வலையில் விழுந்து, அதனால் அறிவில் மயங்கினர்.

Academic Translation

For them, [there is] a path that brings liberation, that cuts through the net of māyā—destroying birth, death, old age, and disease, and ferrying one beyond death. Yet the supreme state, kaivalya, is hard to attain by many paths; they have fallen into nets of scriptures, deluded thereby in their understanding.

Verse Context

• Mokṣa/kaivalya through a direct liberating path; māyā-cutting discipline vs. scholastic entanglement
• Mahavakya: Indirect: stresses realization beyond conceptual multiplicity, consistent with mahāvākya-based nididhyāsana culminating in identity-knowledge of Ātman/Brahman.
• Krishna Yajurveda
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)