Shloka 38
Saṃhāra-krama (The Sequence of Cosmic Dissolution) — Yājñavalkya’s Discourse
प्रवेश्यात्मनि चात्मानं योगी तिष्तति योडचल: । पापं हन्ति पुनीतानां पदमाप्रोति सोडजरम्,जो योगी समाधिके द्वारा आत्माको परमात्मामें स्थिर करके अचल हो जाता है, वह अपने पापको नष्ट कर देता है और पवित्र पुरुषोंको प्राप्त होनेवाले अविनाशी पदको पा लेता है
bhīṣma uvāca | praveśyātmani cātmānaṃ yogī tiṣṭhati yo 'calaḥ | pāpaṃ hanti punītānāṃ padam āpnoti so 'jaram ||
Bhishma said: The yogin who, by inner absorption, establishes the self within the Self and becomes unwavering destroys his sins and attains the imperishable state that is reached by the purified. Ethically, the verse presents steadiness of mind and inward integration as the means to moral cleansing and the highest, deathless good.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steady meditative absorption—merging the individual self into the inner Self—purifies one from sin and leads to the imperishable goal attained by the purified.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma teaches Yudhishthira about yogic steadiness and its ethical-spiritual fruit: purification and attainment of the deathless state.