Adhyaya 41 — Yogic Conduct and the Discipline Leading to Siddhi
सर्वमात्ममयं यस्य सदसज्जगदीदृशम् ।
गुणागुणमयन्तस्य कः प्रियः को नृपाप्रियः ॥
sarvam ātmamayaṁ yasya sadasaj jagadīdṛśam / guṇāguṇamayantasya kaḥ priyaḥ ko nṛpāpriyaḥ
Pour celui pour qui tout ce monde—vu comme être et non-être—n’est que le Soi, et qui est au-delà des qualités et des non-qualités, qu’y a-t-il encore de cher et qu’y a-t-il de haïssable, ô roi ?
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When one’s identity is rooted in the Self rather than in social transactions, partiality collapses. The ethical fruit is impartiality: reduced anger, favoritism, and retaliatory harm.
Not a creation/genealogy/manvantara unit; it is mokṣa-śāstra embedded in Purāṇa—teaching the liberating vision that undergirds dharma.
‘Sat and asat’ can indicate the play of manifest/unmanifest; seeing both as ātman dissolves dualistic valuation (rāga-dveṣa), a key threshold for samādhi.