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Shloka 21

Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)

जो साधक सदा संयमपरायण, योगयुक्त, मनको वशमें करनेवाला और जितेन्द्रिय है, वही आत्मासे प्रेरित होकर बुद्धिके द्वारा उसका साक्षात्कार कर सकता है ।। यथा हि पुरुष: स्वप्ने दृष्टवा पश्यत्यसाविति । तथा रूपमिवात्मानं साधुयुक्त: प्रपश्यति

yo sādhakaḥ sadā saṁyamaparāyaṇaḥ, yogayuktaḥ, manasaḥ vaśaṁ kartā jitendriyaś ca, sa evātmā-preritaḥ buddhyā tasya sākṣātkāraṁ kartum arhati. yathā hi puruṣaḥ svapne dṛṣṭvā paśyaty asāv iti, tathā rūpam iva ātmānaṁ sādhuyuktaḥ prapaśyati.

พราหมณ์กล่าวว่า ผู้ปฏิบัติผู้ยึดมั่นในความสำรวมอยู่เสมอ ตั้งมั่นในโยคะ ควบคุมจิตได้ และชนะอินทรีย์ทั้งหลายเท่านั้น—เมื่อถูกอาตมันดลใจจากภายใน—จึงรู้แจ้ง “ตัต” ได้ด้วยกำลังแห่งปัญญา. ดุจบุรุษผู้เห็นในความฝันแล้วเหมือนจะแลเห็นว่า “นั่นแหละ” ฉันใด โยคีผู้ฝึกดีแล้วก็แลเห็นอาตมันประหนึ่งมีรูปฉันนั้น.

यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
पुरुषःa person
पुरुषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्वप्नेin a dream
स्वप्ने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्वप्न
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormAbsolutive (त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)
पश्यतिsees
पश्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
असौthat (person/one)
असौ:
TypePronoun
Rootअसद्/अदस् (प्रातिपदिक: अदस्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus/“so”
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
तथाso/in the same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
रूपम्form
रूपम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरूप
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
इवas if/like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
आत्मानम्the Self
आत्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
साधुwell/properly
साधु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाधु
युक्तःdisciplined/connected (in yoga)
युक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootयुज्
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रपश्यतिclearly beholds
प्रपश्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + दृश्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

ब्राह्मण उवाच

ब्राह्मण (Brahmin speaker)
आत्मा (the Self)
बुद्धि (intellect/discrimination)
मनस् (mind)
इन्द्रिय (senses)
स्वप्न (dream)

Educational Q&A

Direct realization of the Self is possible for the disciplined practitioner: one devoted to restraint, steady in yoga, controlling mind and senses. Such realization arises from inner prompting (ātma-prerita) and is grasped through discriminative intellect (buddhi), not through mere external ritual or speculation.

A Brahmin speaker instructs on the means of Self-knowledge. He uses a dream-analogy: as dream-objects appear vividly ‘as if present,’ so the yogin, properly composed, perceives the Self ‘as if with form’—a pedagogical way to describe an inward, immediate experience that transcends ordinary perception.