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Shloka 24

ध्यानयोगवर्णनम्

Description of the Path of Meditation

आत्मानं तं विजानीहि सर्वलोकहितात्मकम्‌ | तस्मिन्‌ य: संश्रितो देहे हाब्बिन्दुरिव पुष्करे

ātmānaṃ taṃ vijānīhi sarvalokahitātmakam | tasmin yaḥ saṃśrito dehe haṃsabindur iva puṣkare ||

بھردواج نے کہا—اس آتما کو ‘کشیترجْن’ ہی سمجھو جس کی فطرت تمام لوکوں کی بھلائی ہے۔ وہ اس جسم میں سہارا لیے ہوئے بھی حقیقتاً اس سے جدا رہتی ہے—جیسے کنول کے پتے پر ٹھہرا ہوا پانی کا قطرہ۔

आत्मानम्the Self
आत्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तम्that (one)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
विजानीहिknow (clearly)
विजानीहि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवि-ज्ञा
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
सर्वलोकहितात्मकम्whose nature is the welfare of all worlds
सर्वलोकहितात्मकम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व-लोक-हित-आत्मक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तस्मिन्in that (Self)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
संश्रितःhaving resorted to / abiding in
संश्रितः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-श्रि
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
देहेin the body
देहे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेह
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
जलबिन्दुःa drop of water
जलबिन्दुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजल-बिन्दु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुष्करेon/in a lotus (leaf)
पुष्करे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्कर
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular

भरद्वाज उवाच

B
Bharadvaja
A
Atman (Self)
B
body (deha)
L
lotus leaf (puṣkara)
W
water drop (bindu)

Educational Q&A

The Self (Ātman) is intrinsically oriented to universal welfare and is not truly bound to the body; even while dwelling in it, it remains untouched and distinct, like a water drop that does not cling to a lotus leaf.

In a didactic passage of the Śānti Parva, Bharadvāja instructs the listener to recognize the nature of the Ātman, using the lotus-leaf metaphor to emphasize inner detachment and the Self’s separateness from bodily identity.