Shloka 22
अव्यक्तकालमान-निर्णयः
Measures of Time from the Unmanifest; Creation, Elements, and the Primacy of Mind
यः सर्वेषां भवति हार्चनीय उत्सेधनस्तम्भ इवाभिजात: । यस्मै वाचं सुप्रसन्नां वदन्ति स वै देवान् गच्छति संयतात्मा
yaḥ sarveṣāṁ bhavati hārcanīya utsedhana-stambha ivābhijātaḥ | yasmai vācaṁ suprasannāṁ vadanti sa vai devān gacchati saṁyatātmā ||
जो संयतात्मा पुरुष ऊँचा उठाने वाले खम्भे के समान सबके लिए पूज्य हो जाता है, और जिसके प्रति लोग प्रसन्न होकर मधुर वचन बोलते हैं—वही आत्मसंयमी मनुष्य देवभाव को प्राप्त होता है।
हंस उवाच
Educational Q&A
A self-restrained person who becomes universally worthy of respect and who elicits gracious, pleasant speech from others through noble conduct attains a divine state; social honor and spiritual ascent are linked to inner discipline and ethical behavior.
Haṁsa presents a moral criterion for spiritual progress: he describes the marks of an exemplary person—honored by all, compared to an elevating pillar, and addressed with kindly words—and states that such a disciplined individual reaches the realm/state of the gods.