Shloka 8
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
यत्रासक्तिपरस्यात्मा मम संसारबन्धनैः ।
नैति योगमयोगोऽपि तं योगमधुना वद ॥
yatrāsakti-parasyātmā mama saṃsāra-bandhanaiḥ |
naiti yogam ayogo 'pi taṃ yogam adhunā vada ||
ਹੁਣ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਉਹ ਯੋਗ ਦੱਸੋ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੇਰਾ ਆਤਮਾ ਵੈਰਾਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਟਿਕ ਕੇ ਸੰਸਾਰ ਦੇ ਬੰਧਨਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਬੱਝਦਾ—ਅਤੇ ਜਿੱਥੇ ‘ਅਯੋਗ’ ਵੀ ਹੋਰ ‘ਯੋਗ’ ਬਣ ਕੇ ਬੰਧਨ ਦਾ ਕਾਰਣ ਨਹੀਂ ਬਣਦਾ।
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FAQs
The father seeks a freedom so complete that even spiritual identity does not become a new attachment—pointing to a liberation beyond merely adopting a ‘renunciant’ role.
Upadeśa: a reflective inquiry into bondage and release, not a genealogical or cosmological segment.
The ‘yoga/ayoga’ wordplay suggests that clinging to either engagement or disengagement can bind; true yoga is the non-clinging awareness in which both are transcended.