Shloka 47

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

Devanagari script

एवं सततमुदूुक्त: प्रीतात्मा नचिरादिव । आसादयति तदू्‌ ब्रह्म यद्‌ दृष्टवा स्यात्‌ प्रधानवित्‌

Transliteration

evaṁ satatam udūktaḥ prītātmā na cirād iva | āsādayati tad brahma yad dṛṣṭvā syāt pradhānavit ||

Translation

Vị Bà-la-môn nói: Như vậy, người luôn được thúc giục hướng về thiền định thì chẳng bao lâu tâm liền an lạc trong sáng. Trong thời gian ngắn, người ấy đạt đến Phạm (Brahman) tối thượng; và nhờ trực chứng Ngài, con người tự biết Prakṛti và mọi biến hiện của nó đúng như thật tướng.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• सततम्: always, continually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत

• उदुक्तः: urged/exhorted (one who is instructed)
• उदुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्+वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)

• प्रीतात्मा: one whose mind/self is pleased
• प्रीतात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत + आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• चिरात्: after a long time; long
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• आसादयति: attains, reaches
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+सद्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्म: Brahman, the Absolute
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यत्: which/that (relative)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen/realized
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: ktvā (absolutive/gerund)

• स्यात्: would be, becomes
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Optative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रधानवित्: knower of Pradhāna (Prakṛti/primordial matter)
• प्रधानवित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रधान + विद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (speaker)
• ब्रह्म (Brahman)
• प्रधान/प्रकृति (Pradhāna/Prakṛti)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Persistent, disciplined meditation quickly brings inner joy and steadiness, culminating in realization of Brahman; that realization yields true discernment of Prakṛti (Pradhāna) and its modifications, removing confusion about the causes of experience.

What is happening in the narrative?

A brāhmaṇa speaker continues an instructive discourse, explaining the fruit of sustained contemplative practice: serenity arises, and the practitioner attains the supreme reality, gaining philosophical insight associated with Sāṅkhya categories (Pradhāna/Prakṛti and its evolutes).