Shloka 8
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
यत्रासक्तिपरस्यात्मा मम संसारबन्धनैः ।
नैति योगमयोगोऽपि तं योगमधुना वद ॥
yatrāsakti-parasyātmā mama saṃsāra-bandhanaiḥ |
naiti yogam ayogo 'pi taṃ yogam adhunā vada ||
Tell me now of that yoga by which my self, intent on non-attachment, does not fall into bondage by the ties of saṃsāra—where even “non-yoga” does not become another “yoga,” a binding connection.
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FAQs
The father seeks a freedom so complete that even spiritual identity does not become a new attachment—pointing to a liberation beyond merely adopting a ‘renunciant’ role.
Upadeśa: a reflective inquiry into bondage and release, not a genealogical or cosmological segment.
The ‘yoga/ayoga’ wordplay suggests that clinging to either engagement or disengagement can bind; true yoga is the non-clinging awareness in which both are transcended.