Shloka 31
Saṃhāra-krama (The Sequence of Cosmic Dissolution) — Yājñavalkya’s Discourse
अप्रमत्तो तथा धन्वी लक्ष्यं हन्ति समाहित: । युक्त: सम्यक् तथा योगी मोक्ष॑ प्राप्नोत्यसंशयम्
bhīṣma uvāca | apramatto tathā dhanvī lakṣyaṃ hanti samāhitaḥ | yuktaḥ samyak tathā yogī mokṣaṃ prāpnoty asaṃśayam ||
Bhishma disse: “Assim como o arqueiro vigilante, com a mente plenamente recolhida, acerta com certeza o alvo, do mesmo modo o iogue—bem disciplinado e corretamente unido no yoga—alcança a libertação sem dúvida, ao fixar a mente no Ser Supremo.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that liberation is the assured result of sustained vigilance and one-pointed concentration: as an attentive archer inevitably hits the mark, a disciplined yogin who fixes the mind correctly in the Supreme attains moksha without doubt.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and spiritual practice, Bhishma addresses the listener with a practical analogy from martial life—archery—to explain inner discipline: focused effort in yoga yields a definite spiritual outcome, just as focused aim yields a definite physical result.