Shloka 12

यथा चानिमिषा: स्थूला जाल छित्त्वा पुनर्जलम्‌ । प्राप्रुवन्ति तथा योगास्तत्‌ पं वीतकल्मषा:,जैसे बड़े-बड़े और मोटे मत्स्य जालको काटकर फिर जलमें समा जाते हैं, उसी प्रकार योगी अपने पापोंका नाश करके परमात्मपदको प्राप्त करते हैं

yathā cānimiṣāḥ sthūlā jālaṃ chittvā punar jalam | prāpnuvanti tathā yogās tat-padaṃ vīta-kalmaṣāḥ ||

ఎలా పెద్ద పెద్ద నిమిషం లేని చేపలు వలను చీల్చుకొని మళ్లీ నీటిలో లీనమవుతాయో, అలాగే యోగులు పాపకల్మషాన్ని తొలగించి ఆ పరమపదాన్ని పొందుతారు.

यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अनिमिषाःunblinking (fish)
अनिमिषाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनिमिष
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
स्थूलाःlarge, stout
स्थूलाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थूल
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
जालम्net
जालम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजाल
Formneuter, accusative, singular
छित्त्वाhaving cut
छित्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootछिद्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
जलम्water
जलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजल
Formneuter, accusative, singular
प्राप्नुवन्तिthey reach/attain
प्राप्नुवन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-आप्
Formpresent (lat), third, plural, active
तथाso, in the same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
योगाःyogins / practitioners of yoga
योगाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयोग
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
तत्that (state/goal)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
पदम्abode/state
पदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपद
Formneuter, accusative, singular
वीतकल्मषाःfreed from sin/impurity
वीतकल्मषाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवीत-कल्मष
Formmasculine, nominative, plural

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
F
fish (animiṣāḥ)
N
net (jāla)
W
water (jala)
Y
yogins (yogāḥ/yoginaḥ)
S
supreme state/abode (tat-pada)

Educational Q&A

Through disciplined yoga and inner purification, one can cut through binding entanglements (like a net) and attain the highest state—freedom from sin and union with the supreme reality.

Bhīṣma instructs by analogy: as strong fish escape a net and return to their natural element (water), so yogins, freed from moral and mental impurities, transcend worldly bonds and reach the supreme abode.