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Shloka 18

Vānaprastha-vṛtti and the Transition toward the Fourth Āśrama (वानप्रस्थवृत्तिः चतुर्थाश्रमोपक्रमश्च)

तथा देहाद्‌ विमुक्तस्य पूर्व रूपं भवत्युत । अथ धूमस्य विरमे द्वितीयं रूपदर्शनम्‌

tathā dehād vimuktasya pūrva-rūpaṃ bhavaty uta | atha dhūmasya virame dvitīyaṃ rūpa-darśanam ||

Vyāsa nói: “Vì vậy, đối với vị du-già đã thoát khỏi sự đồng nhất mình với thân xác, đây quả là hình thái kinh nghiệm thứ nhất. Rồi khi ‘khói’—làn sương mù che lấp của sự rối loạn nội tâm—lắng xuống, thì hình thái thị kiến thứ hai được chứng đạt.”

तथाthus, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
देहात्from the body
देहात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootदेह
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
विमुक्तस्यof the liberated (one), freed
विमुक्तस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootविमुक्त
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
पूर्वम्first, earlier
पूर्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
रूपम्form, appearance
रूपम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरूप
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
भवतिbecomes, is
भवति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
उतand, also (emphatic)
उत:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
अथthen, thereafter
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
धूमस्यof smoke/mist
धूमस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootधूम
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
विरमेupon cessation, at the stopping
विरमे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootविरम
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
द्वितीयम्second
द्वितीयम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वितीय
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
रूपदर्शनम्vision of (that) form
रूपदर्शनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरूपदर्शन
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
Y
yogin

Educational Q&A

Liberation begins with freedom from deha-abhimāna (identifying the Self with the body). As inner obscurations—likened to smoke—fade, clearer and higher realization arises in successive stages.

Vyāsa is describing a graded contemplative experience: first, the yogin’s initial realization after loosening bodily identification; next, a deeper vision that appears when the remaining mental ‘haze’ (dhūma) ceases.