योगशब्दव्युत्पत्तिःThe meaning of the word yoga
Verse 125
सत्यं विज्ञानमानन्दमेकं ब्रह्मेति पश्यतः । स्वभावात् ब्रह्मभूतस्य किं पूजा ध्यानधारणा ॥ १२५ ॥
satyaṁ vijñānamānandamēkaṁ brahmēti paśyataḥ | svabhāvāt brahmabhūtasya kiṁ pūjā dhyānadhāraṇā || 125 ||
Translation
For one who sees that Brahman is reality, knowledge, bliss and one, and who by his own nature has become Brahman, what worship, what meditation or concentration?
Word by word
- satyaṁ
- reality
- vijñānam
- knowledge
- ānandam
- bliss
- ēkaṁ
- one
- brahma
- Brahman
- iti
- (iti) that
- paśyataḥ
- for one who sees
- svabhāvāt
- by his own nature
- bhūtasya
- who has become
- kiṁ
- what
- pūjā
- worship
- dhyāna
- meditation
- dhāraṇā
- concentration
Meaning
The commentary explains "vijñāna" as having the nature of knowing, "eka" as without a second, and "dhāraṇā" as the stilling of the movements of the mind. To one who already is what the practices aim at, they have no object.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Satyam" and the rest. Vijñānam: whose nature is knowing. Ekam: without a second. Dhāraṇā: the stilling of the movements of the mind (cittavṛttinirodha).