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 ||
இப்போது எனக்கு அந்த யோகத்தைச் சொல்லுங்கள்; அதில் என் ஆத்மா வைராக்யத்தில் நிலைத்து, சம்சாரப் பந்தங்களால் கட்டுப்படாது—அங்கே ‘அயோகம்’ கூட வேறொரு ‘யோகம்’ ஆகி பந்தமாக மாறாது।
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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.