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Shloka 21

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

जो साधक सदा संयमपरायण, योगयुक्त, मनको वशमें करनेवाला और जितेन्द्रिय है, वही आत्मासे प्रेरित होकर बुद्धिके द्वारा उसका साक्षात्कार कर सकता है ।। यथा हि पुरुष: स्वप्ने दृष्टवा पश्यत्यसाविति । तथा रूपमिवात्मानं साधुयुक्त: प्रपश्यति

yo sādhakaḥ sadā saṁyamaparāyaṇaḥ, yogayuktaḥ, manasaḥ vaśaṁ kartā jitendriyaś ca, sa evātmā-preritaḥ buddhyā tasya sākṣātkāraṁ kartum arhati. yathā hi puruṣaḥ svapne dṛṣṭvā paśyaty asāv iti, tathā rūpam iva ātmānaṁ sādhuyuktaḥ prapaśyati.

Der Brāhmaṇa sprach: „Nur der Übende, der stets der Selbstzucht hingegeben ist, im Yoga gegründet, den Geist zu bändigen vermag und Herr der Sinne ist—nur er kann, von innen her durch das Selbst (Ātman) angetrieben, Jenes durch die Kraft der Unterscheidung erkennen. Wie ein Mann, der im Traum etwas gesehen hat, es zu schauen meint: ‘Da ist es’, so nimmt auch der gut geschulte Yogin das Selbst wahr, als hätte es Gestalt—eine Erscheinung, die über sich hinaus auf unmittelbare Verwirklichung weist.“

यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
पुरुषःa person
पुरुषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्वप्नेin a dream
स्वप्ने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्वप्न
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormAbsolutive (त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)
पश्यतिsees
पश्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
असौthat (person/one)
असौ:
TypePronoun
Rootअसद्/अदस् (प्रातिपदिक: अदस्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus/“so”
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
तथाso/in the same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
रूपम्form
रूपम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरूप
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
इवas if/like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
आत्मानम्the Self
आत्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
साधुwell/properly
साधु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाधु
युक्तःdisciplined/connected (in yoga)
युक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootयुज्
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रपश्यतिclearly beholds
प्रपश्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + दृश्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

ब्राह्मण उवाच

ब्राह्मण (Brahmin speaker)
आत्मा (the Self)
बुद्धि (intellect/discrimination)
मनस् (mind)
इन्द्रिय (senses)
स्वप्न (dream)

Educational Q&A

Direct realization of the Self is possible for the disciplined practitioner: one devoted to restraint, steady in yoga, controlling mind and senses. Such realization arises from inner prompting (ātma-prerita) and is grasped through discriminative intellect (buddhi), not through mere external ritual or speculation.

A Brahmin speaker instructs on the means of Self-knowledge. He uses a dream-analogy: as dream-objects appear vividly ‘as if present,’ so the yogin, properly composed, perceives the Self ‘as if with form’—a pedagogical way to describe an inward, immediate experience that transcends ordinary perception.