Shloka 22
Yoga, Nārāyaṇa as Supreme Principle, and the Emanation of Categories
Sāṅkhya-Yoga Outline
जैसे सूर्यग्रहणकालमें चन्द्रमा सूर्यसे संयुक्त होनेपर सूर्यमें छायारूपी राहुका दर्शन होता है, उसी प्रकार शरीरसे संयुक्त होनेपर शरीरधारी आत्माकी उपलब्धि होती है ।।
yathā candrārka-nirmuktaḥ sa rāhunopalabhyate | tadvac charīra-nirmuktaḥ śarīrī nopalabhyate ||
ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ଯେପରି ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟଗ୍ରହଣ ସମୟରେ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ ସହ ସଂଯୁକ୍ତ ହେଲେ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟରେ ଛାୟାରୂପ ରାହୁର ଦର୍ଶନ ହୁଏ, ସେପରି ଶରୀର ସହ ସଂଯୁକ୍ତ ହେଲେ ଦେହଧାରୀ ଆତ୍ମାର ଉପଲବ୍ଧି ହୁଏ। ଆଉ ଯେପରି ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର–ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ ଅଲଗା ହେଲେ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟରେ ରାହୁର ଉପଲବ୍ଧି ହୁଏ ନାହିଁ, ସେପରି ଶରୀରରୁ ବିଲଗ ହେଲେ ଦେହଧାରୀ ଆତ୍ମା ଦର୍ଶନବିଷୟ ହୁଏ ନାହିଁ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Perception of the ‘embodied self’ depends on the body as a condition and instrument; when that association is absent, the self is not available to ordinary sense-perception—implying the Self is subtler than what the senses can objectify.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma explains to the listener (Yudhishthira contextually) a philosophical point using an eclipse analogy: Rāhu’s presence is inferred/seen only under conjunction, just as the self is ‘noticed’ in embodied life but not as a visible object when separated from the body.