Shloka 40
Atithi’s Direction to the Nāga-sage Padma at Naimiṣa (अतिथ्युपदेशः—नैमिषे पद्मनागोपाख्यानप्रस्तावः)
अथ दधीचस्तथैवाविमना: सुखदुःखसमो महायोगी आत्मानं समाधाय शरीरपरित्यागं चकार
atha dadhīcas tathaivāvimanaḥ sukhaduḥkha-samaḥ mahāyogī ātmānaṃ samādhāya śarīra-parityāgaṃ cakāra |
ତେବେ ଦଧୀଚି ପୂର୍ବବତ୍ ଅବିଚଳ ଓ ନିରୁଦ୍ବେଗ ରହିଲେ; ମନରେ ଅଳ୍ପମାତ୍ରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ବିଷାଦ ହେଲା ନାହିଁ। ସୁଖ-ଦୁଃଖରେ ସମଭାବୀ ସେଇ ମହାଯୋଗୀ ସମାଧିରେ ଆତ୍ମାକୁ ସ୍ଥିର କରି, ପରମାତ୍ମାରେ ଅନ୍ତଃସତ୍ତାକୁ ନିବେଶ କରି, ଦେହ ପରିତ୍ୟାଗ କଲେ।
तास्त्वाष्ट उवाच क्व गमिष्यथास्यतां तावन्मया सह श्रेयो भविष्यन्तीति
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches equanimity and yogic composure: one who is steady amid pleasure and pain can gather the self in samādhi and meet death as a conscious act of renunciation rather than fear or despair.
Sage Dadhīca remains undepressed and resolute; as a perfected yogin he enters deep concentration and voluntarily relinquishes his body, presenting an ideal of serene, dharmic departure.