Shloka 31
Saṃhāra-krama (The Sequence of Cosmic Dissolution) — Yājñavalkya’s Discourse
अप्रमत्तो तथा धन्वी लक्ष्यं हन्ति समाहित: । युक्त: सम्यक् तथा योगी मोक्ष॑ प्राप्नोत्यसंशयम्
bhīṣma uvāca | apramatto tathā dhanvī lakṣyaṃ hanti samāhitaḥ | yuktaḥ samyak tathā yogī mokṣaṃ prāpnoty asaṃśayam ||
Bhishma nói: “Như người cung thủ luôn tỉnh giác, gom tâm trọn vẹn mà bắn, ắt trúng đích; cũng vậy, yogin được điều phục đúng đắn, hợp nhất trong yoga, khi cố định tâm nơi Chân Ngã Tối Thượng, thì không nghi ngờ gì sẽ đạt giải thoát.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that liberation is the assured result of sustained vigilance and one-pointed concentration: as an attentive archer inevitably hits the mark, a disciplined yogin who fixes the mind correctly in the Supreme attains moksha without doubt.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and spiritual practice, Bhishma addresses the listener with a practical analogy from martial life—archery—to explain inner discipline: focused effort in yoga yields a definite spiritual outcome, just as focused aim yields a definite physical result.