Shloka 14

अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः | Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman

Devanagari script

प्रशान्तात्मा विगतभीर्रह्मचारित्रते स्थित: । मन: संयम्य मच्चित्तो युक्त आसीत मत्पर:

Transliteration

praśāntātmā vigatabhīr brahmacārivrate sthitaḥ | manaḥ saṁyamya maccitto yukta āsīta matparaḥ ||

Translation

内心寂静，离于怖畏，安住于梵行（brahmacarya）之誓与戒律者；当以警觉制心，使心系于我，住于瑜伽之合一，以我为至上归趣。

Word by Word

• प्रशान्तात्मा: one whose inner self is well-calm
• प्रशान्तात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रशान्त-आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विगतभीः: fearless (with fear gone)
• विगतभीः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विगत-भी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मचारिव्रते: in the vow of celibacy (brahmacarya)
• ब्रह्मचारिव्रते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन्-व्रत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• स्थितः: standing/abiding
• स्थितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (स्थित)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मनः: the mind
• मनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• संयम्य: having restrained
• संयम्य: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-यम्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• मत्-चित्तः: whose mind is fixed on me
• मत्-चित्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्-चित्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युक्तः: yoked/steadfast (in yoga)
• युक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (युक्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आसीत्: let him sit/let him remain
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस्
• Form: Imperative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular

• मत्-परः: having me as the supreme goal; devoted to me
• मत्-परः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्-पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Krishna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ethical discipline and mental restraint are prerequisites for yoga: be calm and fearless, live in brahmacarya-like self-restraint, control the mind, and keep consciousness fixed on Krishna as the highest goal.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Bhīṣma Parva’s Bhagavadgītā context, instruction is being given on the proper inner posture for meditation and yoga—how a practitioner should sit and abide: steady, self-controlled, and devoted to Krishna.