योगशब्दव्युत्पत्तिःThe meaning of the word yoga
Verse 137
प्रियो ह्यात्मैव सर्वेषां नात्मनोऽस्त्यपरं प्रियम् । लोकेऽस्मिन्नात्मसम्बन्धात् भवन्त्यन्ये प्रियाः शिवे ॥ १३७ ॥
priyō hyātmaiva sarvēṣāṁ nātmanō’styaparaṁ priyam | lōkē’sminnātmasambandhāt bhavantyanyē priyāḥ śivē || 137 ||
Translation
For all, the Ātman alone is dear; nothing is dearer than the Ātman. In this world, O Śivā, others become dear through their relation to the Ātman.
Word by word
- priyō
- (priyaḥ) dear
- hi
- indeed
- ātmā
- (ātmā) the Ātman
- ēva
- (eva) alone
- sarvēṣāṁ
- for all
- na
- not
- ātmanō
- (ātmanaḥ) than the Ātman
- asti
- (asti) is
- aparaṁ
- other
- priyam
- dear
- lōkē
- in the world
- asmin
- this
- ātma
- to the Ātman
- sambandhāt
- through the relation
- bhavanti
- become
- anyē
- (anye) others
- priyāḥ
- dear
- śivē
- O Śivā
Meaning
The same reasoning as Yājñavalkya's teaching in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad: a husband or a son is loved not for their own sake but for the sake of the Self. Love itself is here taken as evidence of what we are.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 133.