Shloka 2
Adhyāya 48: Brahmopadeśa on Prāṇāyāma, Sāttvika Vṛtti, and the Sattva–Kṣetrajña Question
उच्छवामात्रमपि चेद् यो5न्तकाले समो भवेत् । आत्मानमुपसड्ुम्य सो$मृतत्वाय कल्पते,जो मनुष्य अन्तकालमें आत्माका ध्यान करके, साँस लेनेमें जितनी देर लगती है, उतनी देर भी, समभावमें स्थित होता है, वह अमृतत्व (मोक्ष) प्राप्त करनेका अधिकारी हो जाता है
ucchvāmātram api ced yo 'ntakāle samo bhavet | ātmānam upasaṅgamya so 'mṛtatvāya kalpate ||
वायू म्हणाला— आयुष्याच्या अंतिम क्षणी एखादा मनुष्य एक श्वासभर वेळ जरी समभावात स्थिर राहून मन आत्म्यात अंतर्मुख करून घेईल, तर तो अमृतत्व—मोक्ष—प्राप्तीस पात्र ठरतो।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a brief moment of equanimity and inward turning to the Self at the time of death can make one qualified for amṛtatva—deathless liberation—highlighting the transformative power of steady awareness.
Vāyudeva is instructing the listener on the spiritual efficacy of last-moment composure: if one gathers the mind to the Ātman and remains balanced even for a single breath at life’s end, that state is presented as a gateway to mokṣa.