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 ।।
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.
Wika ng Brahmana: “Tanging ang nagsasanay na laging nakatuon sa pagpipigil-sa-sarili, nakatatag sa yoga, marunong sumupil sa isip, at panginoon ng mga pandama—siya, na inuudyukan mula sa loob ng Sarili, ay makapagtatamo ng pagkakakilala sa ‘Iyon’ sa pamamagitan ng lakas ng pag-unawa at paghiwalay. Gaya ng isang tao na, matapos makakita sa panaginip, ay wari’y nakikita iyon na ‘naroon’, gayon din ang yogin na mahusay ang disiplina: nakikita niya ang Sarili na para bang may anyo—isang anyong tumuturo lampas sa sarili nito tungo sa tuwirang pagsasakatuparan.”
ब्राह्मण उवाच
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.