Shloka 41

अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः | Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman

Devanagari script

प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वती: समा: । शुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योग भ्रष्टोईभिजायते

Transliteration

prāpya puṇyakṛtāṁ lokān uṣitvā śāśvatīḥ samāḥ | śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe yoga-bhraṣṭo 'bhijāyate ||

Translation

Matapos marating ang mga daigdig na nakamtan ng mga gumagawa ng kabutihan at manahan doon sa mahabang mga taon, ang nalaglag mula sa Yoga ay muling isisilang sa tahanan ng mga dalisay ang asal at mga masagana at marangal.

Word by Word

• प्राप्य: having attained
• प्राप्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वान्त अव्यय-भाव), कर्तरि

• पुण्यकृताम्: of the doers of merit
• पुण्यकृताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्यकृत्
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• लोकान्: worlds (realms)
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• अनुषित्वा: having dwelt (there)
• अनुषित्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-षद् (धातु) / अनु-वास् (अर्थतः निवास करना)
• Form: क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त), कर्तरि

• शाश्वतीः: eternal, lasting
• शाश्वतीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत
• Form: स्त्री, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• समाः: years
• समाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम (वर्ष)
• Form: स्त्री, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• शुचीनाम्: of the pure (in conduct)
• शुचीनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• श्रीमताम्: of the prosperous, illustrious
• श्रीमताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत्
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• गेहे: in (a) house
• गेहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: नपुं, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• योगभ्रष्टः: one fallen from yoga (a lapsed yogin)
• योगभ्रष्टः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगभ्रष्ट
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अभिजायते: is born (again)
• अभिजायते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, एकवचन, कर्तरि

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• puṇyakṛtāṁ lokāḥ (realms of the meritorious, e.g., svarga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Spiritual effort is never wasted: even if one’s yogic discipline breaks off before completion, its merit carries the person to higher realms and then to a supportive rebirth among the pure and prosperous, enabling renewed practice and ethical living.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna is questioning the fate of a practitioner who begins the path of Yoga but fails to reach final realization. This verse states one outcome: after enjoying meritorious realms for a long time, such a person is reborn into a virtuous and fortunate household.