Shloka 23
Saṃhāra-krama (The Sequence of Cosmic Dissolution) — Yājñavalkya’s Discourse
तदेव च महास्रोतो विष्टम्भयति वारण: । तद्धद् योगबलं लब्ध्वा व्यूहते विषयान् बहून्
tadeva ca mahāsroto viṣṭambhayati vāraṇaḥ | taddhād yogabalaṃ labdhvā vyūhate viṣayān bahūn |
Mais de même qu’un éléphant peut barrer même un courant impétueux et l’empêcher d’aller plus avant, de même, ayant acquis la grande force née du yoga, le yogin retient les nombreux objets des sens et ne se laisse pas emporter par leur flot.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True mastery is not merely avoiding objects but gaining yogic strength that can check the powerful ‘current’ of sense-impulses; the disciplined mind does not flow outward into pleasures.
Bhīṣma continues his instruction on dharma and inner discipline, using a vivid simile: as an elephant can obstruct a strong river-current, so a yogin, empowered by yoga, restrains numerous sense-objects and their pull.