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गौतम उवाच गोदमो दमतो<5धूमो5दमस्ते समदर्शनात् । विद्धि मां गौतमं कृत्ये यातुधानि निबोध माम्,गौतमने कहा--कृत्ये! मैंने गो नामक इन्द्रियोंका संयम किया है, इसलिये “गोदम' नाम धारण करता हूँ। मैं धूमरहित अग्निके समान तेजस्वी हूँ, सबमें समान दृष्टि रखनेके कारण तुम्हारे या और किसीके द्वारा मेरा दमन नहीं हो सकता। मेरे शरीरकी कान्ति (गो) अन्धकारको दूर भगानेवाली (अतम) है, अतः तुम मुझे गौतम समझो
gautama uvāca | godamo damato dhūmo 'damas te samadarśanāt | viddhi māṃ gautamaṃ kṛtye yātudhāni nibodha mām ||
Gautama said: “I am called Godama because I have mastered restraint over the ‘go’—the senses. I am like fire without smoke, radiant and unobscured. Because I look upon all with equal vision, you cannot subdue me—nor can anyone else. Know me, O Kṛtyā, as Gautama; and understand me, O yātudhānī.”
गौतम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that true spiritual strength arises from dama (self-restraint) and samadarśana (equal, impartial vision). Such inner purity is likened to smokeless fire—radiant and unobscured—making the practitioner difficult to overpower by fear, hostility, or occult aggression.
Gautama addresses a hostile supernatural being (Kṛtyā/yātudhānī), declaring his identity and explaining his epithet ‘Godama’ through his mastery of the senses. He asserts that his purity and equanimity render him unconquerable, instructing the entity to recognize who he is.