Shloka 51
Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)
आत्मानमालोकयति मनसा प्रहसन्निव । तदेवमाश्रयं कृत्वा मोक्ष याति ततो मयेि
ātmānam ālokayati manasā prahasann iva | tad evam āśrayaṃ kṛtvā mokṣaṃ yāti tato mayi ||
وہ اپنے من سے آتما کو دیکھتا ہے، گویا مسکرا رہا ہو۔ اسی طرح صرف اسی کا سہارا لے کر وہ موکش پاتا ہے اور پھر میرے ہی اندر قائم ہو جاتا ہے۔
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation arises from discriminative knowledge: recognizing the Self as distinct from the body, taking refuge in the Supreme Reality alone, and realizing that the world’s binding power is like a mirage—an appearance that vanishes upon true insight.
A brāhmaṇa-teacher describes the inner state of a truth-knower: he contemplates the Self, inwardly renounces identification with the body, realizes the Supreme, and then ‘smiles’ at his former delusion; by relying on that Supreme, he attains final freedom, described as abiding in (or as) the Supreme.