Shloka 3
अध्वर्यु–यति संवादः
Adhvaryu–Yati Dialogue on Svabhāva, Ahiṃsā, and Mokṣa
तेभ्यश्नान्यांस्तेषु नित्यांश्व भावान् भूतात्मानं लक्षयेरन् शरीरे । तस्मिंस्तिष्ठन्नास्मि सक्त: कथंचित् कामक्रोधाभ्यां जरया मृत्युना च
tebhyaḥ svapna-susupti-vāsanā-mayebhyo viṣayendriyebhyaś ca vilakṣaṇaṁ bhūtātmānaṁ lakṣayeran śarīre | tasmiṁs tiṣṭhann asmi na saktaḥ kathaṁcit kāma-krodhābhyāṁ jarayā mṛtyunā ca ||
Bukod sa mga panlabas na pandama at sa kanilang mga bagay—at maging bukod sa daigdig ng panaginip at mahimbing na tulog, kung saan hinuhubog ng vāsanā ang maseselang bagay at kakayahan, at bukod pa sa mga nananatiling hilig doon—nakikita ng mga yogin sa loob ng katawan ang Bhūtātman, ang elementong Sarili. Sa pananatili ko sa Sariling iyon, hindi ako natatali sa alinmang paraan: hindi ako nasasakmal ng pagnanasa at poot, ni nadaraig ng katandaan at kamatayan.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the true Self (bhūtātman) is distinct from sensory experience and even from the subtle experiences of dream and deep sleep shaped by latent impressions. When one abides in that Self, one becomes unattached and is not overpowered by desire, anger, aging, or death—an ethical ideal of inner freedom and steadiness.
A brāhmaṇa speaker is instructing about yogic discernment: yogins perceive an inner Self within the body that transcends waking senses and the mind’s dream/sleep formations. He then speaks in the first person, describing his own established state in that Self and the resulting immunity to binding passions and fear of mortality.