योगशब्दव्युत्पत्तिःThe meaning of the word yoga
Verse 123
योगो जीवात्मनोरैक्यं पूजनं सेवकेशयोः । सर्वं ब्रह्मेति विदुषो न योगो न च पूजनम् ॥ १२३ ॥
yōgō jīvātmanōraikyaṁ pūjanaṁ sēvakēśayōḥ | sarvaṁ brahmēti viduṣō na yōgō na ca pūjanam || 123 ||
Translation
Yoga is the oneness of the jīva and the Ātman; worship is the oneness of servant and Lord. For the one who knows that all is Brahman there is no yoga and no worship.
Word by word
- yōgō
- (yogaḥ) yoga
- jīva
- of the jīva
- ātmanōr
- (ātmanoḥ) and the Ātman
- aikyaṁ
- (aikyam) oneness
- pūjanaṁ
- worship
- sēvaka
- of servant
- īśayōḥ
- (īśayoḥ) and Lord
- sarvaṁ
- all
- brahma
- Brahman
- iti
- (iti) that
- viduṣō
- (viduṣaḥ) for one who knows
- na
- no
- ca
- and
- pūjanam
- worship
Meaning
The heading of this passage gives the verse as the derivation of the word yoga. The commentary explains that for such a knower, the oneness itself is the yoga and the worship, and there is none other. The two terms are redefined until they fall away.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Yogaḥ" and the rest. For the person who knows that all is Brahman, yoga is the oneness of the jīva and the Ātman, and that alone. Sevakeśayoḥ: of the servant and the Lord; their oneness is itself worship. For that person there is no yoga other than this, and no worship other than this (verses 123 and 124).