Shloka 18

Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपववके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें अद्ठारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

tapasvī satata-yukto yogaśāstram athācaret | manīṣī manasā vidvān paśyann ātmānam ātmani ||

Translation

قال البراهمن: على الحكيم، المواظب على الانضباط والثابت في التَّبَس (التقشّف)، أن يمارس الطرائق المبيّنة في علم اليوغا. فبالتأمّل الباطني يبلغ رؤيةً مباشرةً للآتمان في باطن النفس—وهو نداءٌ أخلاقي إلى كفٍّ دائمٍ للنفس وممارسةٍ مركّزة بوصفهما طريق المعرفة الحقّة.

Word by Word

• तपस्वी: an ascetic; one who practices austerity
• तपस्वी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सततम्: always; constantly
• सततम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत

• युक्तः: disciplined; engaged; yoked (in yoga)
• युक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• योगशास्त्रम्: the treatise on yoga
• योगशास्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगशास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then; now; moreover
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• आचरेत्: should practice; should undertake
• Type: Verb
• Root: आचर्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मनीषी: the wise person; sage
• मनीषी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मनसा: by the mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• विद्वान्: the learned one; knower
• विद्वान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्वस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पश्यन्: seeing; beholding
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Present participle (Parasmaipada)

• आत्मानम्: the Self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मनि: in the Self; within oneself
• आत्मनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (the Brahmin speaker)
• आत्मन् (the Self/Ātman)
• योगशास्त्र (the science/treatise of yoga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steady austerity and continuous discipline, guided by yogic instruction, culminate in direct inner realization—‘seeing the Self within oneself’—presented as the ethical and spiritual goal of a wise person.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within the Anugītā section of the Aśvamedhika Parva, a Brahmin speaker concludes a teaching by urging sustained yogic practice and describing its fruit: inward perception of the ātman.