Shloka 28

Haṃsa–Sādhya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dama, Kṣamā and the Discipline of Speech

Devanagari script

आत्मभावं तथा स्त्रीषु मुक्तमेव पुन: पुन: । यः पश्यति सदा युक्तो यथावन्मुक्त एव सः,“जो सदा योगयुक्त रहकर स्त्रियोंके प्रति अपने भाव (अनुराग या आसक्ति)-को निवृत्त हुआ ही देखता है अर्थात्‌ जिसकी स्त्रियोंके प्रति भोग्यबुद्धि नहीं होती, वही वास्तवमें मुक्त है!

Transliteration

ātmabhāvaṃ tathā strīṣu muktam eva punaḥ punaḥ | yaḥ paśyati sadā yukto yathāvanmukta eva saḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma disse: “Aquele que, permanecendo sempre disciplinado no yoga, observa repetidas vezes em si mesmo que sua atitude para com as mulheres já está solta—livre de desejo e de apego possessivo—tal pessoa, vendo as coisas como realmente são, está de fato libertada.”

Word by Word

आत्मभावम्self-directed feeling/attachment (sense of 'mine')

तथाthus; likewise

स्त्रीषुin/with regard to women

मुक्तम्freed; released

एवindeed; just

पुनःagain

पुनःagain (repeatedly)

यःwho

पश्यतिsees; perceives

सदाalways

युक्तःyoked; disciplined; in yoga

यथावत्properly; as it truly is

मुक्तःliberated; free

एवindeed; only

सःhe; that person

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes