Shloka 61
Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)
इमं धर्म समास्थाय येडपि स्यु: पापयोनय: । स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेडपि यान्ति परां गतिम्,इस आत्मदर्शनरूप धर्मका आश्रय लेकर स्त्री, वैश्य और शूद्र तथा जो पापयोनिके मनुष्य हैं, वे भी परमगतिको प्राप्त हो जाते हैं
imaṁ dharmaṁ samāsthāya ye ’pi syuḥ pāpayonayaḥ | striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās te ’pi yānti parāṁ gatim ||
ഈ ആത്മദർശനരൂപ ധർമ്മത്തെ ആശ്രയിച്ച് दृഢമായി അനുഷ്ഠിച്ചാൽ, പാപയോണിയിൽ ജനിച്ചവരും, സ്ത്രീകളും, വൈശ്യരും, ശൂദ്രരും പോലും പരമഗതി പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the highest spiritual goal (parā gati) is attainable through adopting and practicing the taught dharma—understood here as inner realization/self-knowledge—regardless of birth status. Ethical and spiritual transformation is presented as grounded in sincere practice rather than social classification.
Vāyudeva is speaking and emphasizing the universality of the path being taught: even those traditionally considered socially disadvantaged or ‘sin-born’ can reach the supreme state by taking refuge in this dharma.