Shloka 123
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
मनसश्न समाधि वर्धेताहरह:ः शुभे । सावित्रीदेवीके ऐसा कहनेपर वह धर्मात्मा ब्राह्मण बोला--'शुभे! इस मन्त्रके जपमें मेरी यह इच्छा बराबर बढ़ती रहे और मेरे मनकी एकाग्रता भी प्रतिदिन बढ़े”
manasaś ca samādhiṃ vardhetāhar-ahaḥ śubhe | amṛtāc cāmṛtaṃ prāptaḥ śāntībhūto nirātmavān | brahmabhūtaḥ sa nirdvandvaḥ sukhī śāntaḥ nirāmayaḥ ||
Bhīṣma dit : «Ô toi l’auspicieuse, que ma résolution pour le samādhi croisse de jour en jour.» Ayant obtenu le “nectar” qui surpasse les acquisitions ordinaires—et même un nectar plus élevé encore—il devient apaisé et sans désir, libre du sentiment d’ego, au-delà des couples d’opposés, heureux, établi dans la paix, et que ni maladie ni chagrin n’atteignent, demeurant dans l’état de Brahman.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Daily cultivation of mental one-pointedness (samādhi) ripens into liberation: freedom from ego-sense, transcendence of dualities, and abiding peace—described as attaining the highest ‘amṛta’ and becoming brahmabhūta.
Within Bhīṣma’s discourse, a dharmic brāhmaṇa responds (addressing an auspicious goddess, identified in the Hindi gloss as Sāvitrī Devī) with a wish that his mantra-practice and concentration increase each day; the result is then described as the attainment of the supreme deathless state and Brahman-abidance.