Shloka 38
Saṃhāra-krama (The Sequence of Cosmic Dissolution) — Yājñavalkya’s Discourse
प्रवेश्यात्मनि चात्मानं योगी तिष्तति योडचल: । पापं हन्ति पुनीतानां पदमाप्रोति सोडजरम्
bhīṣma uvāca | praveśyātmani cātmānaṃ yogī tiṣṭhati yo 'calaḥ | pāpaṃ hanti punītānāṃ padam āpnoti so 'jaram ||
Bhīṣma berkata: “Yogin yang, melalui samādhi, menegakkan diri di dalam Diri (Yang Maha Diri) dan menjadi tidak tergoyahkan, memusnahkan dosanya dan mencapai keadaan yang tidak binasa—keadaan yang dicapai oleh mereka yang telah disucikan.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steady meditative absorption—merging the individual self into the inner Self—purifies one from sin and leads to the imperishable goal attained by the purified.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma teaches Yudhishthira about yogic steadiness and its ethical-spiritual fruit: purification and attainment of the deathless state.