Shloka 2
पितृयज्ञे नारायणतत्त्वम् — The Nārāyaṇa Grounding of Ancestral Offerings
धारयामास चात्मानं यथाशास्त्रं यथाविधि । पादप्रभृतिगात्रेषु क्रमेण क्रमयोगवित्
dhārayāmāsa cātmānaṃ yathāśāstraṃ yathāvidhi | pādaprabhr̥tigātreṣu krameṇa kramayogavit ||
यथाशास्त्रं यथाविधि स आत्मानं धारयामास। पादप्रभृतिगात्रेषु क्रमेण धारणां कृत्वा स क्रमयोगवित् सर्वाङ्गेषु चेतनां सम्यक् न्यवेशयत्।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True inner steadiness (dhāraṇā) should be practiced in a disciplined, orderly way, guided by śāstra and proper method—showing that spiritual practice is not impulsive but structured and ethically grounded in prescribed conduct.
Bhishma describes a practitioner entering yogic concentration: he stabilizes the self and directs awareness through the body in a fixed sequence, indicating mastery of a graded meditative technique (kramayoga).