Shloka 123
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
मनसश्न समाधि वर्धेताहरह:ः शुभे । सावित्रीदेवीके ऐसा कहनेपर वह धर्मात्मा ब्राह्मण बोला--'शुभे! इस मन्त्रके जपमें मेरी यह इच्छा बराबर बढ़ती रहे और मेरे मनकी एकाग्रता भी प्रतिदिन बढ़े”
manasaś ca samādhiṃ vardhetāhar-ahaḥ śubhe | amṛtāc cāmṛtaṃ prāptaḥ śāntībhūto nirātmavān | brahmabhūtaḥ sa nirdvandvaḥ sukhī śāntaḥ nirāmayaḥ ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “O mapalad, nawa’y ang aking hangaring pumasok sa samādhi ay lumago araw-araw.” Nang makamtan niya ang “nektar” na humihigit sa karaniwang mga pagtatamo—at makamtan pa ang higit na mataas na nektar—siya’y naging payapa at walang pagnanasa, malaya sa pagkamakasarili, lampas sa mga magkatunggaling pares, masaya, nakaugat sa kapayapaan, at di naaabot ng karamdaman at dalamhati, nananatili sa kalagayan ng Brahman.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Daily cultivation of mental one-pointedness (samādhi) ripens into liberation: freedom from ego-sense, transcendence of dualities, and abiding peace—described as attaining the highest ‘amṛta’ and becoming brahmabhūta.
Within Bhīṣma’s discourse, a dharmic brāhmaṇa responds (addressing an auspicious goddess, identified in the Hindi gloss as Sāvitrī Devī) with a wish that his mantra-practice and concentration increase each day; the result is then described as the attainment of the supreme deathless state and Brahman-abidance.