Shloka 123
Mind as Charioteer; Kṣetrajña, Tapas, and Dhyāna-Yoga
Adhyātma-Upadeśa
एवमेवाप्यसंयुक्त: पुरुष: स्यान्न संशय: । जैसे कमलके पत्तेपर पड़ी हुई जलकी चंचल बूँद उसे भिगो नहीं पाती
evam evāpy asaṁyuktaḥ puruṣaḥ syān na saṁśayaḥ |
ພະວາຍຸເທວະກ່າວວ່າ: «ດັ່ງນັ້ນແຫຼະ ມະນຸດກໍສາມາດຢູ່ໂດຍບໍ່ຍຶດຕິດ—ບໍ່ມີຂໍ້ສົງໄສ. ເຫມືອນຢ່າງຢອດນ້ຳທີ່ກະດິ່ງໄຫວຕົກລົງເທິງໃບບົວ ບໍ່ອາດເຮັດໃຫ້ໃບນັ້ນຊຸ່ມໄດ້; ພະຍາດຽວກັນ ຜູ້ມີປັນຍາ ແມ່ນແມ່ນຈະເຄື່ອນໄຫວຢູ່ທ່າມກາງຄຸນ (guṇa) ທັງປວງ ກໍບໍ່ຖືກມັນເປື້ອນ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຜູ້ຮູ້ແຫ່ງສະໜາມ (kṣetrajña) ໂດຍແທ້ແມ່ນຜູ້ບໍ່ຍຶດຕິດ; ບໍ່ມີຄວາມຄາດເຄືອນໃດໆ».
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The core teaching is inner non-attachment: the wise self (kṣetrajña/puruṣa) can engage with the world and its guṇas without being tainted, like water on a lotus leaf. True freedom is not withdrawal from action but freedom from clinging and identification.
Vāyu-deva is instructing the listener on the nature of the self and liberation. He uses a vivid simile (lotus leaf and water) to clarify that the realized knower remains untouched by worldly qualities even while living amid them.