Shloka 20
नारद–शुक संवादः (Nārada–Śuka Dialogue): Tyāga, Saṃyama, and Vyakta–Avyakta Viveka
पाषाण इव मेघोत्थैर्यथा बिन्दुभिराहत: । नालं चालयितुं शक््यस्तथा युक्तस्य लक्षणम्
pāṣāṇa iva meghotthair yathā bindubhir āhataḥ | nālaṃ cālayituṃ śakyaḥ tathā yuktasya lakṣaṇam ||
যেমন মেঘজাত বৃষ্টিবিন্দুর আঘাতেও শিলা টলে না, তেমনি যোগে যুক্ত সাধকের লক্ষণ এই—বহুবিধ বিক্ষেপ ও উপদ্রব উপস্থিত হলেও তিনি বিচলিত হন না।
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The defining sign of a yoga-disciplined person is inner steadiness: external impacts—temptations, provocations, grief, praise, blame, or other distractions—do not shake the mind from its settled clarity.
Yājñavalkya is describing the characteristics (lakṣaṇa) of a yogayukta person, using a simile: just as raindrops cannot move a rock, so disturbances cannot unsettle the true practitioner.