Shloka 12

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

Devanagari script

प्राप्स्यसे च यदिष्टं तत्‌ सांख्ययोगेप्सितं पदम्‌ । एतावदुक्त्वा भगवानस्तमेवाभ्यवर्तत

Transliteration

prāpsyase ca yadiṣṭaṃ tat sāṅkhyayogepsitaṃ padam | etāvad uktvā bhagavān astam evābhyavartata |

Translation

సాంఖ్యవేత్తలకును యోగులకును అభిలష్యమైన ఆ ఇష్టపదాన్ని నీవు పొందెదవు. ఇంత మాత్రమే చెప్పి భగవాన్ సూర్యుడు అక్కడే అంతర్ధానమయ్యెను.

Word by Word

• प्राप्स्यसे: you will attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (आप्)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), आत्मनेपद, मध्यम, एकवचन

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

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इष्टम्: desired
• इष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट (√इष्)
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सांख्ययोगेप्सितम्: desired by Sāṅkhyas and Yogins
• सांख्ययोगेप्सितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सांख्य-योग-ईप्सित
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पदम्: state/goal/abode
• पदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एतावत्: this much
• एतावत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एतावत्
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (अव्यय), कर्तरि

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अस्तम्: to setting (west); into disappearance
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अस्त

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अभ्यवर्तत: turned back/withdrew; went away
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√वृत्
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

Speaker

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Bhagavān Sūrya (the Sun-god)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms that the promised attainment is the highest spiritual goal (padam) sought by both Sāṅkhya (knowledge/discrimination) and Yoga (discipline/meditation), implying the convergence of these paths in liberation-oriented realization.

What is happening in the narrative?

A divine figure identified as the Sun-god delivers a brief assurance of the seeker’s attainment of the supreme desired state; after speaking, he withdraws and becomes invisible, marking the close of the divine encounter.