Shloka 4
गोप्रदानगुणाः तथा कपिलागोविधानम्
Merits of Cow-Gift and the Origin-Account of Kapilā Cows
शरीरन्यासमोक्षेण मनसा निर्मलेन च । स्वप्नभूतांश्व ताललोकान् पश्यन्तीहापि सुव्रता:
śarīra-nyāsa-mokṣeṇa manasā nirmalena ca | svapna-bhūtāṁś ca tāl lokān paśyantīhāpi suvratāḥ ||
ದೇಹತ್ಯಾಗದಿಂದ ದೊರಕುವ ಮೋಕ್ಷದಿಂದಲೂ, ನಿರ್ಮಲ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದಲೂ, ಸುವ್ರತಿಗಳಾದ ಸಾಧಕರು ಸ್ವಪ್ನದಂತೆ ಕಾಣುವ ಆ ಲೋಕಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಇದ್ದರೂ ದರ್ಶನಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ।
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
A yogin with a purified mind can perceive higher realms even while living; at the time of death, relinquishing bodily identification becomes a lucid release rather than a bewildering end.
Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha), instructing on dharma and spiritual discipline, explains the experiential insight of disciplined practitioners: through purity of mind and the act of laying aside the body, they behold subtle worlds that seem dream-like.