Verse 11

Yogatattva

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुखदुःखैः समायुक्तं जीवभावनया कुरु । तेन जीवाभिधा प्रोक्ता विशुद्धैः परमात्मनि ॥११॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सुख-दुःखैः । समा-युक्तम् । जीव-भावनया । कुरु । तेन । जीव-अभिधा । प्रोक्ता । विशुद्धैः । परम-आत्मनि ॥

IAST Transliteration

sukhaduḥkhaiḥ samāyuktaṃ jīvabhāvanayā kuru | tena jīvābhidhā proktā viśuddhaiḥ paramātmani ||11||

Translation

当以个体之想（jīva-bhāvanā）使（其）与乐与苦相连。由是，清净者以至上我（paramātman）为所指而宣说“jīva”之名。

Academic Translation

Make (it) conjoined with pleasure and pain by the notion of individuality (jīva-bhāvanā). Therefore the designation ‘jīva’ is declared by the purified (sages) with reference to the Supreme Self (paramātman).

Verse Context

• Adhyāsa (superimposition) and jīva as an attributed identity of the paramātman
• Mahavakya: Clarifies the gap between apparent individuality and the Supreme Self, preparing the insight of identity in “tat tvam asi” (you are That) by showing jīva as a conceptual imputation.
• Krishna Yajurveda
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)