Shloka 38
Saṃhāra-krama (The Sequence of Cosmic Dissolution) — Yājñavalkya’s Discourse
प्रवेश्यात्मनि चात्मानं योगी तिष्तति योडचल: । पापं हन्ति पुनीतानां पदमाप्रोति सोडजरम्
bhīṣma uvāca | praveśyātmani cātmānaṃ yogī tiṣṭhati yo 'calaḥ | pāpaṃ hanti punītānāṃ padam āpnoti so 'jaram ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Ang yogin na sa pamamagitan ng samādhi ay itinatatag ang sarili sa loob ng Kataas-taasang Sarili at nagiging di matinag, ay winawasak ang kanyang mga kasalanan at nakakamit ang di-nasisirang kalagayan na nararating ng mga nalinis.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steady meditative absorption—merging the individual self into the inner Self—purifies one from sin and leads to the imperishable goal attained by the purified.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma teaches Yudhishthira about yogic steadiness and its ethical-spiritual fruit: purification and attainment of the deathless state.