Shloka 24
Saṃhāra-krama (The Sequence of Cosmic Dissolution) — Yājñavalkya’s Discourse
विशन्ति चावशा: पार्थ योगाद् योगबलान्विता: । प्रजापतीनृषीन् देवान् महाभूतानि चेश्वरा:
viśanti cāvaśāḥ pārtha yogād yogabalānvitāḥ | prajāpati-nṛṣīn devān mahābhūtāni ceśvarāḥ, kuntīnandana |
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “O Pārtha, ang mga panginoong pinagkalooban ng lakas na isinilang sa Yoga—na kumikilos ayon sa sariling kalooban—ay makapapasok, sa pamamagitan ng Yoga, sa mga Prajāpati, sa mga rishi, sa mga diyos, at maging sa mga dakilang elemento. O anak ni Kuntī, ipinagkakaloob ng Yoga sa kanila ang kakayahang lumaganap at angkinin ang mas mataas na anyo ng pag-iral.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma highlights the extraordinary reach of yogic mastery: through disciplined Yoga, a perfected person gains yogabala (spiritual power) enabling voluntary ‘entry’ or pervasion of higher beings and even the fundamental elements—signifying profound control over consciousness and embodiment.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira’s side (with Arjuna addressed here), Bhīṣma is describing the capacities of accomplished yogins. He states that such masters, by yogic power, can penetrate or assume the states associated with Prajāpatis, sages, gods, and the five great elements.