Shloka 18
Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपववके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें अद्ठारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ,तपस्वी सतत युक्तो योगशास्त्रमथाचरेत् । मनीषी मनसा विद्र: पश्यन्नात्मानमात्मनि मनीषी ब्राह्मणको चाहिये कि वह सदा तपसयामें प्रवृत्त एवं यत्नशील होकर योगशास्त्रोक्त उपायका अनुष्ठान करे। इससे वह मनके द्वारा अन्त:ःकरणमें आत्माका साक्षात्कार करता है
tapasvī satata-yukto yogaśāstram athācaret | manīṣī manasā vidvān paśyann ātmānam ātmani ||
The Brahmin said: A wise man, ever disciplined and steadfast in austerity, should practice the methods taught in the science of yoga. By inward contemplation he comes to a direct vision of the Self within the inner self—an ethical call to sustained self-restraint and focused practice as the path to true knowledge.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.