Shloka 30

Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

सम्यग्युक्त्वा स आत्मानमात्मन्येव प्रतिष्ठते । विनिवृत्तजरादु:ख: सुखं स्वपिति चापि स:,वह मनको आत्मामें लीन करके उसीमें स्थित हो जाता है तथा बुढ़ापाके दु:खोंसे छुटकारा पाकर सुखसे सोता--अक्षय आनन्दका अनुभव करता है

Transliteration

samyagyuktvā sa ātmānam ātmany eva pratiṣṭhate | vinivṛttajarāduḥkhaḥ sukhaṃ svapiti cāpi saḥ ||

Translation

Habiendo disciplinado e integrado debidamente su propio ser, queda firmemente establecido sólo en el Sí mismo. Libre de las penas que acompañan a la vejez, reposa en sosiego—duerme en paz, como quien mora en una dicha interior inagotable.

Word by Word

सम्यक्properly, correctly

युक्त्वाhaving yoked/controlled (having united)

सःhe

आत्मानम्the self

आत्मनिin the self

एवindeed, just

प्रतिष्ठतेbecomes established/abides

विनिवृत्त-जरादुःखःfreed from the sorrows of old age

सुखम्happiness, comfort

स्वपितिsleeps

चand

अपिalso, even

सःhe

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Through correct inner discipline (yoga) one becomes established in the Self; when the mind is absorbed within, the distress associated with aging is transcended and one abides in stable, undiminishing peace.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin speaker is describing the fruit of inward practice: the practitioner gathers the mind into the Self, remains established there, and consequently experiences freedom from age-related sorrow and a serene, blissful rest.