Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga
गुणत्रय विभाग योग
परं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम्। यज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः॥ 14:1॥
परम् भूयः प्र-वक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानाम् ज्ञानम् उत्तमम्। यत् ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे पराम् सिद्धिम् इतः गताः।।
ज्ञानानाम् (ज्ञानों में) उत्तमम् (श्रेष्ठ) परम् (उच्चतम) ज्ञानम् (ज्ञान) भूयः (फिर) प्र-वक्ष्यामि (मैं बतलाऊँगा) यत् (जो) ज्ञात्वा (जानकर) सर्वे (सभी) मुनयः (ऋषि) इतः (इस स्थान से) पराम् (परम) सिद्धिम् (सिद्धि) गताः (प्राप्त हो गए)।
Hindi
अब मैं तुमसे समस्त ज्ञानों में सर्वश्रेष्ठ इस परम ज्ञान को फिर दोहराउँगा जिसको जानकर सब मुनियों ने परमसिद्धि प्राप्त की है।
English
I shall reiterate the supreme Knowledge, the most exalted among all forms of knowledge, through which countless sages have attained the highest spiritual realization (Parām Siddhim). (14:1)
English
This Knowledge is superior to other forms of knowledge such as grammar, chemistry, or mathematics. It is the ultimate (Parama) Knowledge as it leads one to God. The Yogasutra of sage Patanjali and many other scriptures talk of various siddhis or spiritual attainments like Garima (गरिमा), Anima (अणिमा), Laghima (लघिमा), Mahima (महिमा), which confer different supernatural powers upon a spiritual seeker, like becoming invisible, tiny like a particle, or traveling through space. But they are not the supreme spiritual attainments. God-attainment, also called Nirvāna, is the ultimate spiritual attainment. In the Bhāgawata Purāna, sage Kapila, believed to be an incarnation of Nārāyana, tells his mother Devahuti as follows: “That patient devotee of Mine (God’s), by My Grace, gets rid of all the doubts by attaining Knowledge, and on his causal body being destroyed, he quickly acquires the position of Nirvāna from where the spiritual seeker does not ever come back. O, Mother, if the mind of the spiritual seeker, enhanced by the practice of Yoga, does not get entangled in the siddhis (supernatural powers) like Anima, he ascends to My imperishable nectarine Supreme Abode” (Ch. 27, Third Skandha, Bhāgawata Purāna). This reconfirms that ascending to God’s Transcendental Abode is the supreme attainment (Parama Siddhi).