Shloka 3

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

Devanagari script

अभिभूयेह चार्चिष्मद्‌ व्यसृजत्‌ सप्त मानसान्‌ | दूरगं बहुधागामि प्रार्थनासंशयात्मकम्‌

Transliteration

abhibhūyeha cārciṣmad vyasṛjat sapta mānasān | dūragam bahudhāgāmi prārthanāsaṁśayātmakam ||

Translation

వ్యాసుడు పలికెను—ఇక్కడ సమస్త పదార్థాలను అధిగమించి ఆ ప్రకాశమయ తత్త్వము ఏడు మానస ఋషులను సృష్టించెను. మనస్సు దూరగామి; అనేక విధములుగా రాకపోకలు చేయును; ప్రార్థన మరియు సందేహ స్వభావముతో కూడినది. అయినను చైతన్యముతో సంయుక్తమై సమస్త విషయములను వశపరచి సృష్టికి మూలమగును.

Word by Word

• अभिभूय: having overpowered / having subdued
• अभिभूय: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि, —, —, —

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अर्चिष्मत्: radiant / luminous (one)
• अर्चिष्मत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्चिष्मत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• व्यसृजत्: he created / he emitted / he produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-सृज् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: —, Accusative, Plural

• मानसान्: mental / mind-born
• मानसान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दूरगम्: going far / far-reaching
• दूरगम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दूरग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बहुधा: in many ways
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा

• गामि: moving / going
• गामि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रार्थना-संशय-आत्मकम्: consisting of supplication and doubt
• प्रार्थना-संशय-आत्मकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• sapta mānasāḥ (seven mind-born sages)
• manas (mind)
• caitanya (consciousness)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the mind’s paradox: it is restless, far-ranging, and prone to yearning and doubt, yet when aligned with consciousness it can master objects and serve as a creative, ordering power—symbolized by the generation of the seven mind-born sages.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa describes a luminous creative principle and the mind’s activity: the mind moves in many directions, filled with supplication and doubt, but united with consciousness it overcomes all and gives rise to the seven mānasāḥ (mind-born) sages.