Shloka 39
Saṃhāra-krama (The Sequence of Cosmic Dissolution) — Yājñavalkya’s Discourse
नाभ्यां कण्ठे च शीर्ष च हृदि वक्षसि पार्श्चयो: । दर्शने श्रवणे चापि घ्राणे चामितविक्रम
nābhyāṁ kaṇṭhe ca śīrṣe ca hṛdi vakṣasi pārśvayoḥ | darśane śravaṇe cāpi ghrāṇe cāmitavikrama ||
भीष्म म्हणाले—अमित पराक्रमी नरेशा! जो योगी योगाच्या महाव्रतात एकाग्रचित्त राहून धारणाभ्यासाने नाभी, कंठ, मस्तक, हृदय, वक्षःस्थळ, पार्श्वभाग तसेच नेत्र, कान व नासिका इत्यादी ठिकाणी सूक्ष्म आत्म्याला परमात्म्याशी सम्यक् संयुक्त करतो, तो इच्छिल्यास आपल्या पर्वतासारख्या शुभ-अशुभ कर्मराशीला शीघ्र दग्ध करून, उत्तम योगाचा आश्रय घेऊन मुक्त होतो।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Through disciplined one-pointed concentration (dhāraṇā) on key bodily and sensory loci, the yogin unites the subtle self with the Supreme Self; this realization and yogic absorption can rapidly destroy accumulated karma—both good and bad—and lead to liberation.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction to the king, Bhīṣma continues his discourse on yoga and liberation, describing a yogic method of concentration and its ethical-spiritual result: the eradication of karmic burdens and attainment of mokṣa.