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Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 4

Continuation and Future of the Sūrya-vaṁśa: From Kuśa to the Last Ikṣvāku King

सगणस्तत्सुतस्तस्माद् विधृतिश्चाभवत् सुत: । ततो हिरण्यनाभोऽभूद् योगाचार्यस्तु जैमिने: ॥ ३ ॥ शिष्य: कौशल्य आध्यात्मं याज्ञवल्‍क्योऽध्यगाद् यत: । योगं महोदयम् ऋषिर्हृदयग्रन्थिभेदकम् ॥ ४ ॥

sagaṇas tat-sutas tasmād vidhṛtiś cābhavat sutaḥ tato hiraṇyanābho ’bhūd yogācāryas tu jaimineḥ

金刚那婆(Vajranābha)之子为萨伽那(Sagaṇa),其子为毗持利提(Vidhṛti)。毗持利提之子为金脐(Hiraṇyanābha),他师事阇弥尼(Jaimini),成为密瑜伽的大阿阇梨。正从金脐处,大圣者雅若婆迦(Yājñavalkya)学得崇高的“内灵瑜伽”(ādhyātma-yoga),能松解心中对物质执著的结。

sa-gaṇaḥSa-gaṇa (a person named Sagaṇa)
sa-gaṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + sa- (उपसर्ग/अव्यय-पूर्वपद)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारयः—‘सः + गणः’ = ‘सगणः’
tat-sutaḥhis son
tat-sutaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘तस्य सुतः’
tasmātfrom him
tasmāt:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular; pronoun ‘from him/therefrom’
vidhṛtiḥVidhṛti (name)
vidhṛtiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvidhṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
abhavatbecame/was born
abhavat:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (भू धातु)
FormLuṅ (लुङ्, aorist), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
sutaḥa son
sutaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsuta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
tataḥthen/from him thereafter
tataḥ:
Desha-Kala (देश-कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)
hiraṇyanābhaḥHiraṇyanābha (name)
hiraṇyanābhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roothiraṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + nābha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘हिरण्यस्य नाभः’ (name)
abhūtwas/became
abhūt:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (भू धातु)
FormLuṅ (लुङ्, aorist), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
yogācāryaḥteacher of yoga
yogācāryaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक) + ācārya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; तत्पुरुषः—‘योगस्य आचार्यः’
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) indicating contrast/emphasis
jaimineḥof Jaimini
jaimineḥ:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootjaimini (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular
S
Sagaṇa
V
Vidhṛti
H
Hiraṇyanābha
J
Jaimini
K
Kauśalya
Y
Yājñavalkya

FAQs

In this verse, the Bhagavatam praises a form of yoga and spiritual realization that is 'hṛdaya-granthi-bhedakam'—capable of cutting the inner knot of bondage that ties the soul to material identification.

The verse states that Hiraṇyanābha became the yogācārya (teacher of yoga) for Jaimini.

Seek authentic guidance through a genuine learning lineage (paramparā) and practice spiritual disciplines that reduce ego-identification and attachment—aimed at inner freedom rather than mere technique.