Shloka 77
ब्राह्मणानुयात्रा—शौनकोपदेशः
Brāhmaṇas Follow into Exile and Śaunaka’s Instruction
उत्तरो देवयानस्तु सद्धिराचरित: सदा । अष्ट ड्रेनैव मार्गेण विशुद्धात्मा समाचरेत्,अन्तिम चार धर्मोंको देवयानमार्गका स्वरूप बताया गया है। साधु पुरुष सदा उसी मार्गका आश्रय लेते हैं। आगे बताये जानेवाले आठ अंगोंसे युक्त मार्गद्वारा अपने अन्तःकरणको शुद्ध करके कर्तव्य-कर्मोंका कर्तृत्वके अभिमानसे रहित होकर पालन करे
uttaro devayānas tu sādubhir ācaritaḥ sadā | aṣṭāṅgenaiva mārgeṇa viśuddhātmā samācaret ||
Sinabi ni Śaunaka: “Ang mas mataas na landas ay ang Devayāna, na laging tinatahak ng mga matuwid. Linisin ang kalooban sa pamamagitan ng daang may walong sangkap, at mamuhay ayon dito—gampanan ang mga tungkuling dapat gawin nang walang pagmamataas na ‘ako ang gumagawa’.”
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse commends Devayāna as the superior spiritual course, urging one to purify the inner self through an eightfold discipline and to perform obligatory duties without egoistic ownership—i.e., without the pride ‘I am the doer.’
Śaunaka, in a didactic context, describes the ‘Devayāna’ as the path consistently followed by the righteous and introduces an eight-limbed method by which a seeker purifies the mind and lives out dharma in a non-egoistic manner.