Shloka 51
Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)
आत्मानमालोकयति मनसा प्रहसन्निव । तदेवमाश्रयं कृत्वा मोक्ष याति ततो मयेि
ātmānam ālokayati manasā prahasann iva | tad evam āśrayaṃ kṛtvā mokṣaṃ yāti tato mayi ||
அவன் மனத்தால் ஆத்மாவைத் தரிசிக்கிறான்; சிரிப்பதுபோல் தோன்றுகிறது. இவ்வாறு அதையே சரணடைந்து, அவன் மோட்சத்தை அடைந்து, பின்னர் என்னுள்ளேயே நிலைபெறுகிறான்.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation arises from discriminative knowledge: recognizing the Self as distinct from the body, taking refuge in the Supreme Reality alone, and realizing that the world’s binding power is like a mirage—an appearance that vanishes upon true insight.
A brāhmaṇa-teacher describes the inner state of a truth-knower: he contemplates the Self, inwardly renounces identification with the body, realizes the Supreme, and then ‘smiles’ at his former delusion; by relying on that Supreme, he attains final freedom, described as abiding in (or as) the Supreme.