Shloka 20
नारद–शुक संवादः (Nārada–Śuka Dialogue): Tyāga, Saṃyama, and Vyakta–Avyakta Viveka
पाषाण इव मेघोत्थैर्यथा बिन्दुभिराहत: । नालं चालयितुं शक््यस्तथा युक्तस्य लक्षणम्
pāṣāṇa iva meghotthair yathā bindubhir āhataḥ | nālaṃ cālayituṃ śakyaḥ tathā yuktasya lakṣaṇam ||
雲より生じた雨滴に打たれても岩が揺らがぬように、これこそヨーガに結ばれた者の徴である。さまざまな散乱と動揺が起ころうとも、戒めを守り修する行者を乱すことはできない。ここでは、挑発・快楽・苦痛、そして世の移ろいのただ中にあっても揺るがぬ心の堅住が、徳としての力であると説かれる。
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The defining sign of a yoga-disciplined person is inner steadiness: external impacts—temptations, provocations, grief, praise, blame, or other distractions—do not shake the mind from its settled clarity.
Yājñavalkya is describing the characteristics (lakṣaṇa) of a yogayukta person, using a simile: just as raindrops cannot move a rock, so disturbances cannot unsettle the true practitioner.