Shloka 12

Devanagari script

यथा भानुगतं तेजो मणि: शुद्ध: समाधिना । आदत्ते राजशार्दूल तथा योग: प्रवर्तते,नृपश्रेष्ठ) जिस प्रकार शुद्ध सूर्यकान्तमणि सूर्यके तेजको ग्रहण कर लेती है, उसी प्रकार योगका साधक समाधिके द्वारा ब्रह्मके स्वरूपको ग्रहण करता है

Transliteration

yathā bhānugataṃ tejo maṇiḥ śuddhaḥ samādhinā | ādatte rājaśārdūla tathā yogaḥ pravartate nṛpaśreṣṭha ||

Translation

హే రాజశార్దూలా! శుద్ధమైన సూర్యకాంతమణి సమ్యక్ ఏకాగ్రతచేత సూర్యునిలోని తేజస్సును గ్రహించునట్లు, అలాగే యోగం ప్రవర్తిస్తుంది—సమాధి ద్వారా సాధకుడు బ్రహ్మస్వరూపాన్ని గ్రహించి సాక్షాత్కరిస్తాడు।

Word by Word

यथाjust as

भानुगतम्gone into / belonging to the sun

तेजःsplendour, radiance

मणिःgem (sun-stone)

शुद्धःpure

समाधिनाby concentration (samadhi)

आदत्तेtakes, receives

राजशार्दूलO tiger among kings

तथाso, in the same way

योगःyoga (discipline/union)

प्रवर्ततेproceeds, comes into operation

नृपश्रेष्ठO best of kings

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Parāśara

rājaśārdūla (addressed king)

nṛpaśreṣṭha (addressed king)

bhānu (sun)

maṇi (sūryakānta sunstone)

samādhi

yoga

Brahman (implied by the traditional gloss/meaning)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Yoga becomes effective through samādhi: when the mind is purified and steadily absorbed, it can ‘receive’ or directly realize the highest reality (Brahman), just as a pure sunstone draws the sun’s radiance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Parāśara is instructing a king (addressed honorifically as rājaśārdūla/nṛpaśreṣṭha) on the inner mechanics of spiritual practice, using a natural metaphor to explain how concentrated meditation enables realization.