Shloka 3
अध्वर्यु–यति संवादः
Adhvaryu–Yati Dialogue on Svabhāva, Ahiṃsā, and Mokṣa
तेभ्यश्नान्यांस्तेषु नित्यांश्व भावान् भूतात्मानं लक्षयेरन् शरीरे । तस्मिंस्तिष्ठन्नास्मि सक्त: कथंचित् कामक्रोधाभ्यां जरया मृत्युना च
tebhyaḥ svapna-susupti-vāsanā-mayebhyo viṣayendriyebhyaś ca vilakṣaṇaṁ bhūtātmānaṁ lakṣayeran śarīre | tasmiṁs tiṣṭhann asmi na saktaḥ kathaṁcit kāma-krodhābhyāṁ jarayā mṛtyunā ca ||
Distinct des sens extérieurs et de leurs objets — et même des domaines du rêve et du sommeil profond, où les impressions (vāsanā) façonnent des objets et des facultés subtils, ainsi que des dispositions durables qui s’y trouvent — les yogins discernent, au-dedans du corps, le Bhūtātman, le Soi élémentaire. Établi en ce Soi, je ne suis lié d’aucune manière : désir et colère ne me saisissent pas, et ni la vieillesse ni la mort ne triomphent de moi.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the true Self (bhūtātman) is distinct from sensory experience and even from the subtle experiences of dream and deep sleep shaped by latent impressions. When one abides in that Self, one becomes unattached and is not overpowered by desire, anger, aging, or death—an ethical ideal of inner freedom and steadiness.
A brāhmaṇa speaker is instructing about yogic discernment: yogins perceive an inner Self within the body that transcends waking senses and the mind’s dream/sleep formations. He then speaks in the first person, describing his own established state in that Self and the resulting immunity to binding passions and fear of mortality.