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Shloka 32

ध्यानयोगः — Dhyāna-Yoga

Discipline of Meditation and Mental Restraint

सम्बन्ध-- सोलहवें श्लोकमें भगवान्‌ने यह बात कही थी कि मैं तुम्हें वह कर्मतत्व बतलाऊँगा; जिसे जानकर तुम अशुभसे मुक्त हो जाओगे। उस प्रतिज्ञाके अनुसार अठारहवें श्लोकसोे यहाँतक उस कर्मतत््वका वर्णन करके अब उसका उपसंहार करते हैं-- एवं बहुविधा यज्ञा वितता ब्रह्मणो मुखे । कर्मजान्‌ विद्धि तान्‌ स्वनिवं ज्ञात्वा विमोक्ष्यसे

evaṁ bahuvidhā yajñā vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe | karmajān viddhi tān sarvān evaṁ jñātvā vimokṣyase ||

阿周那说:“如是,种种祭行之法,皆由吠陀之言广为宣说。你当知这一切皆起于业行——由身、诸根与意所作。若如实了知此理,并以此心而修行之,你将从业缚之中彻底解脱。”

एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
बहु-विधाःof many kinds
बहु-विधाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबहुविध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
यज्ञाःsacrifices
यज्ञाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
वितताःspread out / expounded
वितताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-तन्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
ब्रह्मणःof the Veda (Brahman)
ब्रह्मणः:
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
मुखेin the mouth / in the utterance
मुखे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमुख
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
कर्म-जान्born of action / arising from कर्म
कर्म-जान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकर्मज
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
विद्धिknow (you should know)
विद्धि:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
Formलोट् (imperative), Second, Singular, परस्मैपद
तान्those (them)
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
स्व-निबन्धम्their own binding nature / their own bond
स्व-निबन्धम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वनिबन्ध
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
ज्ञात्वाhaving known
ज्ञात्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active
विमोक्ष्यसेyou will be liberated
विमोक्ष्यसे:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-मुच्
Formलृट् (simple future), Second, Singular, आत्मनेपद

अजुन उवाच

A
Arjuna
V
Veda (Brahman as Vedic speech)
Y
Yajña (sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

All the diverse forms of yajña taught in the Veda are ultimately grounded in karma (disciplined action). When one understands their true basis and performs them with right knowledge and intention, action ceases to bind and becomes a means to liberation.

In the Kurukṣetra setting, the teaching is concluding a section that catalogues various kinds of yajña. The speaker summarizes: the Veda prescribes many sacrificial paths, but they are all forms of action; understanding this principle is presented as the key to freedom from karmic bondage.