Shloka 2
Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)
सर्वमित्र: सर्वसह: शमे रक्तो जितेन्द्रिय: । व्यपेतभयमन्युश्च॒ आत्मवान् मुच्यते नर:,जो सबका मित्र, सब कुछ सहनेवाला, मनोनिग्रहमें तत्पर, जितेन्द्रिय, भय और क्रोधसे रहित तथा आत्मवान् है, वह मनुष्य बन्धनसे मुक्त हो जाता है
sarvamitraḥ sarvasahaḥ śame rakto jitendriyaḥ | vyapetabhayamanyuś ca ātmavān mucyate naraḥ ||
バラモンは言った。すべての者の友となり、あらゆることに耐え、寂静を愛して心を制し、諸根を征服し、恐れと怒りを離れ、自己を保つ人—そのような自制の人は束縛から解き放たれる。
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation from bondage is achieved through universal friendliness, patience, devotion to mental calm, mastery of the senses, and freedom from fear and anger—ethical and psychological discipline is presented as the direct path to release.
A Brahmin speaker delivers an instructive statement defining the qualities of an ideal person; the verse functions as moral counsel within the Ashvamedhika Parva’s reflective, didactic passages following the great war.