Shloka 59
Saṃhāra-krama (The Sequence of Cosmic Dissolution) — Yājñavalkya’s Discourse
तमश्न कष्ट सुमहद् रजश्न सत्त्वं विशुद्ध प्रकृति परां च । सिद्धि च देवीं वरुणस्य पत्नीं तेजश्न कृत्स्नं सुमहच्च धैर्यम्
bhīṣma uvāca | tamaś ca kaṣṭaṃ sumahad rajaś ca sattvaṃ viśuddhaṃ prakṛtiṃ parāṃ ca | siddhiṃ ca devīṃ varuṇasya patnīṃ tejaś ca kṛtsnaṃ sumahac ca dhairyam ||
ビーシュマは言った。「（ヨーギーは）苛烈にして圧し迫る闇――タマス、激動の力強き勢い――ラジャス、そして清浄なる明澄――サットヴァへと入り得る。さらに至上のプラクリティそのものへ、またヴァルナの妃たる女神シッディへ、そして光輝の全体と大いなる不動の堅忍へと入り得る。かくして、ヨーガに成就した大いなる魂の人は、望むならただちに解脱して至上ブラフマンの相を得る。あるいはヨーガの力によって、これらの宇宙的原理と神聖なる位処の一つ一つに到り、その内へと入ることができる。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A yogin perfected in yoga can, by will and yogic power, transcend ordinary embodiment: either attain immediate liberation and realize the supreme Brahman, or deliberately enter various cosmic principles (the guṇas, Prakriti) and divine powers (such as Siddhi), showing mastery over the constituents of nature rather than being bound by them.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction on liberation and yogic attainment, Bhishma continues his discourse to Yudhishthira, listing the cosmic principles and divine stations that an accomplished yogin can reach and ‘enter,’ emphasizing the extraordinary scope of yogic mastery alongside the higher option of final liberation.