Shloka 24

नारद–शुक संवादः (Nārada–Śuka Dialogue): Tyāga, Saṃyama, and Vyakta–Avyakta Viveka

Devanagari script

स्थिरत्वादिन्द्रियाणां तु निश्चलत्वात्‌ तथैव च | एवं युक्तस्य तु मुनेर्लक्षणान्युपलक्षयेत्‌

Transliteration

sthiratvād indriyāṇāṁ tu niścalatvāt tathaiva ca | evaṁ yuktasya tu muner lakṣaṇāny upalakṣayet ||

Translation

حواس کی پختہ ثبات اور دل کی بے جنبشی کے سبب—اسی طرح یوگ میں جُتے ہوئے مُنی کی علامتیں پہچانی جانی چاہییں۔

Word by Word

• स्थिरत्वात्: from/owing to steadiness
• स्थिरत्वात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थिरत्व
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• इन्द्रियाणाम्: of the senses
• इन्द्रियाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• निश्चलत्वात्: from/owing to immobility
• निश्चलत्वात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चलत्व
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

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

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• युक्तस्य: of the disciplined/steadfast (one)
• युक्तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तु: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• लक्षणानि: marks/characteristics
• लक्षणानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• उपलक्षयेत्: one should observe/recognize
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-लक्ष्
• Form: Vidhi-ling (Optative), Present-system, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• muni (sage)
• indriyas (senses)
• samādhi (concentration)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The core teaching is that the authentic sign of yogic attainment is unwavering steadiness: when the senses are stabilized and the mind is unshaken, the sage remains established in samādhi despite external provocations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yājñavalkya is instructing about how to पहचान/recognize (upalakṣayet) a truly disciplined muni: not by outward display, but by the inner criterion of stable senses and an immovable mind that does not fall away from meditative absorption.