Shloka 61
Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)
इमं धर्म समास्थाय येडपि स्यु: पापयोनय: । स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेडपि यान्ति परां गतिम्
imaṁ dharmaṁ samāsthāya ye ’pi syuḥ pāpayonayaḥ | striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās te ’pi yānti parāṁ gatim ||
Wika ni Vāyu: “Kahit yaong mga isinilang sa kalagayang itinuturing na makasalanan—mga babae, mga Vaiśya, at mga Śūdra rin—sa pagkanlong at matatag na pagsasagawa ng dharmang ito ng panloob na pagkakabatid, ay nakaaabot sa pinakamataas na kalagayan.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the highest spiritual goal (parā gati) is attainable through adopting and practicing the taught dharma—understood here as inner realization/self-knowledge—regardless of birth status. Ethical and spiritual transformation is presented as grounded in sincere practice rather than social classification.
Vāyudeva is speaking and emphasizing the universality of the path being taught: even those traditionally considered socially disadvantaged or ‘sin-born’ can reach the supreme state by taking refuge in this dharma.