Shloka 30

Yajña-bhāga-vyavasthā and the Pravṛtti–Nivṛtti Framework (यज्ञभागव्यवस्था तथा प्रवृत्तिनिवृत्तिधर्मविवेचनम्)

Devanagari script

असज्जमान वृक्षेषु शैलेषु विषयेषु च । योगयुक्त महात्मानं यथा बाणं गुणच्युतम्‌

Transliteration

asajjamānaḥ vṛkṣeṣu śaileṣu viṣayeṣu ca | yogayuktaṁ mahātmānaṁ yathā bāṇaṁ guṇacyutam ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“那位大心者安住于瑜伽，不为树木、山岳及一切感官境界所阻；其前行之速，如箭离弦。”

Word by Word

• असज्जमानः: not clinging / not getting stuck
• असज्जमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असज्जमान (√सञ्ज् + नङ्/शानच्, न-उपसर्ग)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृक्षेषु: in/among trees
• वृक्षेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• शैलेषु: on/among mountains
• शैलेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• विषयेषु: in objects/regions (sense-objects/places)
• विषयेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• योगयुक्तम्: endowed with yoga / absorbed in yoga
• योगयुक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योगयुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महात्मानम्: the great-souled one
• महात्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as / like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• बाणम्: an arrow
• बाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गुणच्युतम्: released from the bowstring
• गुणच्युतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुणच्युत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• a yogayukta mahatma (great-souled yogin)
• trees
• mountains
• sense-objects (viṣaya)
• arrow
• bowstring (guṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A mind established in yoga moves through the world without being snagged by external obstacles or sensory attractions; disciplined inner focus grants freedom from entanglement.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a great yogin’s swift, unobstructed movement—likened to an arrow released from the bowstring—emphasizing how spiritual absorption prevents being hindered by trees, mountains, or sense-objects.