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Shloka 24

ध्यानयोगवर्णनम्

Description of the Path of Meditation

आत्मानं तं विजानीहि सर्वलोकहितात्मकम्‌ | तस्मिन्‌ य: संश्रितो देहे हाब्बिन्दुरिव पुष्करे,तुम क्षेत्रज््को आत्मा ही समझो। वह सर्वलोक-हितकारी है। इस शरीरमें रहकर भी वह कमल-पत्रपर पड़े हुए जलबिन्दुकी तरह वास्तवमें इससे पृथक्‌ ही है

ātmānaṃ taṃ vijānīhi sarvalokahitātmakam | tasmin yaḥ saṃśrito dehe haṃsabindur iva puṣkare ||

ภรทวาชกล่าวว่า “จงรู้จักอาตมันนั้นว่าเป็น ‘กษेत्रชญะ’ ผู้มีสภาวะเป็นประโยชน์เกื้อกูลแก่โลกทั้งปวง แม้จะอาศัยอยู่ในกาย แต่แท้จริงย่อมแยกต่างหากจากกาย—ดุจหยดน้ำที่พักอยู่บนใบบัว”

आत्मानम्the Self
आत्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तम्that (one)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
विजानीहिknow (clearly)
विजानीहि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवि-ज्ञा
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
सर्वलोकहितात्मकम्whose nature is the welfare of all worlds
सर्वलोकहितात्मकम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व-लोक-हित-आत्मक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तस्मिन्in that (Self)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
संश्रितःhaving resorted to / abiding in
संश्रितः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-श्रि
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
देहेin the body
देहे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेह
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
जलबिन्दुःa drop of water
जलबिन्दुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजल-बिन्दु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुष्करेon/in a lotus (leaf)
पुष्करे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्कर
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular

भरद्वाज उवाच

B
Bharadvaja
A
Atman (Self)
B
body (deha)
L
lotus leaf (puṣkara)
W
water drop (bindu)

Educational Q&A

The Self (Ātman) is intrinsically oriented to universal welfare and is not truly bound to the body; even while dwelling in it, it remains untouched and distinct, like a water drop that does not cling to a lotus leaf.

In a didactic passage of the Śānti Parva, Bharadvāja instructs the listener to recognize the nature of the Ātman, using the lotus-leaf metaphor to emphasize inner detachment and the Self’s separateness from bodily identity.