Shloka 59
Saṃhāra-krama (The Sequence of Cosmic Dissolution) — Yājñavalkya’s Discourse
तमश्न कष्ट सुमहद् रजश्न सत्त्वं विशुद्ध प्रकृति परां च । सिद्धि च देवीं वरुणस्य पत्नीं तेजश्न कृत्स्नं सुमहच्च धैर्यम्
bhīṣma uvāca | tamaś ca kaṣṭaṃ sumahad rajaś ca sattvaṃ viśuddhaṃ prakṛtiṃ parāṃ ca | siddhiṃ ca devīṃ varuṇasya patnīṃ tejaś ca kṛtsnaṃ sumahac ca dhairyam ||
Bhishma berkata: “(Seorang yogin boleh memasuki) Kegelapan yang keras dan menindas (tamas), Daya Ghairah yang perkasa (rajas), dan Kejernihan yang murni (sattva); dia juga boleh memasuki Prakriti yang tertinggi itu sendiri; dia boleh memasuki dewi Siddhi, permaisuri Varuna; dan dia boleh memasuki keseluruhan cahaya gemilang serta keteguhan yang agung. Maka, insan berjiwa besar yang telah sempurna dalam yoga, jika dia menghendaki, akan terbebas serta-merta dan mencapai wujud Brahman Yang Maha Tinggi; atau, dengan kuasa yoga, dia boleh mendatangi setiap prinsip kosmik dan kedudukan ilahi ini lalu memasuki ke dalamnya.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A yogin perfected in yoga can, by will and yogic power, transcend ordinary embodiment: either attain immediate liberation and realize the supreme Brahman, or deliberately enter various cosmic principles (the guṇas, Prakriti) and divine powers (such as Siddhi), showing mastery over the constituents of nature rather than being bound by them.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction on liberation and yogic attainment, Bhishma continues his discourse to Yudhishthira, listing the cosmic principles and divine stations that an accomplished yogin can reach and ‘enter,’ emphasizing the extraordinary scope of yogic mastery alongside the higher option of final liberation.