Shloka 54
Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)
वायुदेव उवाच इत्युक्त्वा स तदा वाक्यं मां पार्थ द्विजसत्तम: । मोक्षधर्माश्रित: सम्यक् तत्रैवान्तरधीयत,भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण कहते हैं--अर्जुन! मोक्षधर्मका आश्रय लेनेवाले वे सिद्धमहात्मा श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मण मुझसे यह प्रसंग सुनाकर वहीं अन्तर्धान हो गये
vāyudeva uvāca | ity uktvā sa tadā vākyaṃ māṃ pārtha dvijasattamaḥ | mokṣadharmāśritaḥ samyak tatraivāntaradhīyata ||
Vāyudeva said: “Having spoken these words to me then, O Pārtha, that foremost of twice-born sages—firmly established in the discipline of liberation (mokṣa-dharma)—vanished from that very spot.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights mokṣa-dharma as a lived commitment: a realized teacher delivers a concise, purposeful instruction and then withdraws, emphasizing that liberation depends on the disciple’s internalization and practice, not on external dependence.
Vāyudeva recounts that an eminent Brahmin-sage addressed him (with Arjuna being the listener addressed as ‘Pārtha’) and, after finishing his message, disappeared on the spot—signaling the completion and authority of the teaching episode.