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Shloka 2

Adhyāya 240: Indriya–Manas–Buddhi–Ātman — The Inner Hierarchy and Restraint (इन्द्रिय-मनस्-बुद्धि-आत्म-क्रमः)

योगकृत्यं तु ते कृत्स्नं वर्तयिष्यामि तच्छृणु । एकत्वं बुद्धिमनसोरिन्द्रियाणां च सर्वश:

yogakṛtyaṁ tu te kṛtsnaṁ vartayiṣyāmi tac chṛṇu | ekatvaṁ buddhimanasor indriyāṇāṁ ca sarvaśaḥ ||

Vyāsa nói: “Giờ hãy lắng nghe. Ta sẽ trình bày đầy đủ toàn bộ kỷ luật của Yoga—cách đưa trí (buddhi) và tâm (manas) về một mối, và cách thu nhiếp các căn, trong mọi phương diện, vào cùng sự điều phục thống nhất ấy.”

योगकृत्यम्the duty/practice of yoga
योगकृत्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयोगकृत्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Dative, Singular
कृत्स्नम्entire/complete
कृत्स्नम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत्स्न
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वर्तयिष्यामिI shall set forth/expound
वर्तयिष्यामि:
TypeVerb
Rootवृत् (वर्तते) / वर्तयति
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada, Indicative
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
शृणुhear/listen
शृणु:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormImperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada
एकत्वम्oneness/unity
एकत्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootएकत्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
बुद्धिof the intellect
बुद्धि:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
मनसोःof the mind
मनसोः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
इन्द्रियाणाम्of the senses
इन्द्रियाणाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रिय
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सर्वशःentirely/in every way
सर्वशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वशस्

व्यास उवाच

व्यास (Vyāsa)

Educational Q&A

The verse introduces a complete exposition of yogic discipline centered on integration: making intellect (buddhi) and mind (manas) function as one, and bringing the senses under comprehensive unified control—an ethical foundation for steadiness, restraint, and inner clarity.

Vyāsa, as the speaker, signals a transition into instruction: he asks the listener to attend and announces that he will explain the full method of Yoga, beginning with the unification of inner faculties and the regulation of the senses.