Shloka 6

Pūjya-namaskārya-prakaraṇa

On Those Worthy of Honor and Salutation

Devanagari script

सुदुर्वहं बहन्‌ योगं कृशो धमनिसंततः । त्वगस्थिभूतो धर्मात्मा स पपातेति नः श्रुतम्‌,उसने दुर्धर योगका अनुष्ठान किया। उसका सारा शरीर अत्यन्त दुर्बल हो गया। नस- नाड़ियाँ उबड़ आयीं। धर्मात्मा मतंगका शरीर चमड़ेसे ढकी हुई हड्डियोंका ढाँचामात्र रह गया। उस अवस्थामें अपनेको न सँभाल सकनेके कारण वह गिर पड़ा--यह बात हमारे सुननेमें आयी है

Transliteration

sudurvahaṁ bahan yogaṁ kṛśo dhamanisaṁtataḥ | tvagasthibhūto dharmātmā sa papāteti naḥ śrutam |

Translation

اس نے نہایت دشوار یوگ سادھنا کا انوشتھان کیا۔ وہ نہایت دبلا ہو گیا، رگیں ابھر آئیں؛ دھرماتما ماتنگ کا جسم گویا صرف چمڑی اور ہڈیوں کا ڈھانچا رہ گیا۔ اس حالت میں وہ اپنے آپ کو سنبھال نہ سکا اور گر پڑا—یہ بات ہم نے سنی ہے۔

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'sudurvaham', 'definition': 'very hard to bear

• extremely difficult to endure'}, {'term': 'bahan', 'definition': 'bearing, carrying on, undertaking (a practice)'}, {'term': 'yogam', 'definition': 'yogic discipline

• concentrated spiritual exertion'}, {'term': 'kṛśaḥ', 'definition': 'emaciated, thin, weakened'}, {'term': 'dhamani-saṁtataḥ', 'definition': 'with veins/arteries stretched or prominent

• sinews standing out'}, {'term': 'tvak-asthi-bhūtaḥ', 'definition': 'become (only) skin and bones

• reduced to a skeletal frame'}, {'term': 'dharmātmā', 'definition': 'righteous-souled

• devoted to dharma'}, {'term': 'papāta', 'definition': 'fell down'}, {'term': 'iti naḥ śrutam', 'definition': 'thus we have heard

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights both the seriousness of yogic austerity and the ethical caution that even a dharmic practitioner can be physically overwhelmed. It implies that spiritual striving must recognize bodily limits; endurance is praised, but reckless extremity can lead to collapse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śakra (Indra) reports a heard account: a righteous practitioner undertook a very difficult yogic discipline, became severely emaciated with prominent veins, and ultimately fell down because he could not maintain his body in that weakened state.