Ashvamedhika Parva Adhyaya 19 Shloka 18 - Mahabharata | Kannada | Vedapath

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Shloka 18

Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपववके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें अद्ठारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

tapasvī satata-yukto yogaśāstram athācaret | manīṣī manasā vidvān paśyann ātmānam ātmani ||

Translation

ತಪಸ್ವಿಯು ಸದಾ ನಿಯಮಸಂಯಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಯುಕ್ತನಾಗಿ ಯೋಗಶಾಸ್ತ್ರೋಕ್ತ ವಿಧಾನವನ್ನು ಆಚರಿಸಬೇಕು. ಅಂಥ ಮನುಷಿ ವಿದ್ಯಾವಂತನು ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ಅಂತಃಕರಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಆತ್ಮನಲ್ಲಿ ಆತ್ಮನನ್ನು ದರ್ಶಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ।

Word by Word

तपस्वीan ascetic; one who practices austerity

सततम्always; constantly

युक्तःdisciplined; engaged; yoked (in yoga)

योगशास्त्रम्the treatise on yoga

अथthen; now; moreover

आचरेत्should practice; should undertake

मनीषीthe wise person; sage

मनसाby the mind

विद्वान्the learned one; knower

पश्यन्seeing; beholding

आत्मानम्the Self

आत्मनिin the Self; within oneself

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

ब

ब्राह्मण (the Brahmin speaker)

आ

आत्मन् (the Self/Ātman)

य

योगशास्त्र (the science/treatise of yoga)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steady austerity and continuous discipline, guided by yogic instruction, culminate in direct inner realization—‘seeing the Self within oneself’—presented as the ethical and spiritual goal of a wise person.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within the Anugītā section of the Aśvamedhika Parva, a Brahmin speaker concludes a teaching by urging sustained yogic practice and describing its fruit: inward perception of the ātman.