Shloka 15

Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

अतः पर प्रवक्ष्यामि योगशास्त्रमनुत्तमम्‌ । युञ्जन्तः सिद्धमात्मानं यथा पश्यन्ति योगिन:

Transliteration

ataḥ paraṁ pravakṣyāmi yogaśāstram anuttamam | yuñjantaḥ siddham ātmānaṁ yathā paśyanti yoginaḥ ||

Translation

అతః ఇప్పుడు నేను అనుత్తమమైన యోగశాస్త్రాన్ని ప్రవచిస్తాను; దాని ప్రకారం యోగసాధనలో నిమగ్నులైన యోగులు సిద్ధాత్మను దర్శిస్తారు।

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore; hence
• अतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः

• परम्: supreme; highest
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall declare / explain
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• योगशास्त्रम्: the treatise on yoga
• योगशास्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगशास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed; excellent
• अनुत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• युञ्जन्तः: practising; yoking (in yoga)
• युञ्जन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सिद्धम्: perfected; accomplished
• सिद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मानम्: the self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as; in the manner that
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• पश्यन्ति: they see; they realize
• पश्यन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• योगिनः: yogins; practitioners of yoga
• योगिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (speaker)
• योगिनः (yogins)
• आत्मा/आत्मन् (the Self)
• योगशास्त्र (science of yoga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The speaker announces an exposition of the supreme yogaśāstra, stressing that yoga is a practical discipline leading to direct realization of the ātman. The goal is not mere theory but ‘seeing’—immediate insight into the Self through sustained practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

A brāhmaṇa speaker transitions into a formal instruction section, introducing an authoritative teaching on yoga. The verse functions as a preface: it signals that what follows will explain the method by which yogins, through disciplined engagement, attain Self-realization.