Shloka 24
Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)
यदा हि युक्तमात्मानं सम्यक् पश्यति देहभूृत् । न तस्येहेश्वरः कश्चित् त्रैलोक्यस्यापि यः प्रभु:,देहधारी जीव जब योगके द्वारा आत्माका यथार्थ-रूपसे दर्शन कर लेता है, उस समय उसके ऊपर त्रिभुवनके अधीश्वरका भी आधिपत्य नहीं रहता
yadā hi yuktam ātmānaṃ samyak paśyati deha-bhṛt | na tasyeheśvaraḥ kaścit trailokyasyāpi yaḥ prabhuḥ ||
When an embodied being, through disciplined Yoga, truly beholds the Self in its correct reality, then here in this world no lord holds sway over him—not even the sovereign who rules the three worlds.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
True realization of the Self through Yoga grants inner sovereignty: the realized person is no longer subject to external domination, even by cosmic powers, because bondage is rooted in ignorance rather than in outer authority.
A Brahmin speaker delivers an instruction on liberation, emphasizing that when an embodied being directly perceives the Self, worldly and even celestial lordship loses its hold; the passage functions as a didactic reflection within the Ashvamedhika Parva.