Shloka 15

Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

अतः पर प्रवक्ष्यामि योगशास्त्रमनुत्तमम्‌ । युञ्जन्तः सिद्धमात्मानं यथा पश्यन्ति योगिन:

Transliteration

ataḥ paraṁ pravakṣyāmi yogaśāstram anuttamam | yuñjantaḥ siddham ātmānaṁ yathā paśyanti yoginaḥ ||

Translation

پس اب میں اُس بےمثال علمِ یوگ کی توضیح کروں گا؛ جس کے مطابق یوگ کی سادھنا میں لگے ہوئے یوگی جن، سِدھ آتما کا ساک્ષات درشن کر لیتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore; hence
• अतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः

• परम्: supreme; highest
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall declare / explain
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• योगशास्त्रम्: the treatise on yoga
• योगशास्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगशास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed; excellent
• अनुत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• युञ्जन्तः: practising; yoking (in yoga)
• युञ्जन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सिद्धम्: perfected; accomplished
• सिद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मानम्: the self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as; in the manner that
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• पश्यन्ति: they see; they realize
• पश्यन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• योगिनः: yogins; practitioners of yoga
• योगिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (speaker)
• योगिनः (yogins)
• आत्मा/आत्मन् (the Self)
• योगशास्त्र (science of yoga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The speaker announces an exposition of the supreme yogaśāstra, stressing that yoga is a practical discipline leading to direct realization of the ātman. The goal is not mere theory but ‘seeing’—immediate insight into the Self through sustained practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

A brāhmaṇa speaker transitions into a formal instruction section, introducing an authoritative teaching on yoga. The verse functions as a preface: it signals that what follows will explain the method by which yogins, through disciplined engagement, attain Self-realization.