वेदेषु यज्ञेषु तपःसु चैव
दानेषु यत्पुण्यफलं प्रदिष्टम् |
अत्येति तत्सर्वमिदं विदित्वा
योगी परं स्थानमुपैति चाद्यम् ||८-२८||
vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva dāneṣu yatpuṇyaphalaṃ pradiṣṭam . atyeti tatsarvamidaṃ viditvā yogī paraṃ sthānamupaiti cādyam ||8-28||
।।8.28।। योगी पुरुष यह सब (दोनों मार्गों के तत्त्व को) जानकर वेदाध्ययन, यज्ञ, तप और दान करने में जो पुण्य फल कहा गया है, उस सबका उल्लंघन कर जाता है और आद्य (सनातन), परम स्थान को प्राप्त होता है।।
8.28 वेदेषु in the Vedas? यज्ञेषु in sacrifices? तपःसु in austerities? च and? एव also? दानेषु in gifts? यत् whatever? पुण्यफलम् fruit of merit? प्रदिष्टम् is declared? अत्येति goes beyond? तत् that? सर्वम् all? इदम् this? विदित्वा having known? योगी the Yogi? परम् Supreme? स्थानम् abode? उपैति attains? च and? आद्यम् primeval (first? ancient).Commentary The glory of Yoga is described in this verse. Whatever meritorious effect is declared in the scriptures to accrue from the proper study of the Ve
Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.
।।8.28।।योगका माहात्म्य सुन --, इनको जानकर अर्थात् इन सात प्रश्नोंके निर्णयद्वारा कहे हुए रहस्यको यथार्थ समझकर और उसका अनुष्ठान करके योगी पुरुष भलीभाँति पढ़े हुए वेद श्रेष्ठ गुणोंसहित सम्पादन किये हुए यज्ञ भली प्रकार किये हुए तप और यथार्थ पात्रको दिये हुए दान इन सबका शास्त्रोंने जो पुण्यफल बतलाया है उस सबको अतिक्रम कर जाता है और आदिमें होनेवाले सबके कारणरूप परम श्रेष्ठ ऐश्वरपदको अर्थात् ब्रह्मको पा लेता है।
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8.28 Having known this, the yogi transcends all those results of rigtheous deeds that are declared with regard to the Vedas, sacrifices, austerities and also charities, and he reaches the primordial supreme State.
This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.
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