Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
नाविज्ञातं न चागम्यं नाप्राप्यं दिवि चेह वा ।
उद्यतानां मनुष्याणां यतचित्तेन्द्रियात्मनाम् ॥
nāvijñātaṃ na cāgamyaṃ nāprāpyaṃ divi ceha vā | udyatānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ yata-cittendriyātmanām ||
精進する人間—心と感官と自己を調御した者—にとって、天においてもこの地においても、知り得ぬものはなく、到達し得ぬものはなく、成就し得ぬものはない。
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Achievement is tied to inner governance: when mind and senses are mastered, knowledge and results follow. The verse links external success to internal discipline.
Didactic/yogic-ethical material; not directly one of the five defining purāṇic topics.
‘Heaven and earth’ can symbolize higher and lower states of consciousness; the disciplined practitioner can traverse and realize both, implying mastery over experiential realms.