Shloka 18

Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपववके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें अद्ठारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

tapasvī satata-yukto yogaśāstram athācaret | manīṣī manasā vidvān paśyann ātmānam ātmani ||

Translation

婆罗门说道：智者当恒常自律，坚住苦行，修习瑜伽之学所教诸法。由内观沉思，他得以在内心之中亲证自我（ātman）——此乃道德上的劝诫：以长久的自制与专注的修行，作为通向真实知见之路。

Word by Word

• तपस्वी: an ascetic; one who practices austerity
• तपस्वी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सततम्: always; constantly
• सततम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत

• युक्तः: disciplined; engaged; yoked (in yoga)
• युक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• योगशास्त्रम्: the treatise on yoga
• योगशास्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगशास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then; now; moreover
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• आचरेत्: should practice; should undertake
• Type: Verb
• Root: आचर्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मनीषी: the wise person; sage
• मनीषी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मनसा: by the mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• विद्वान्: the learned one; knower
• विद्वान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्वस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पश्यन्: seeing; beholding
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Present participle (Parasmaipada)

• आत्मानम्: the Self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मनि: in the Self; within oneself
• आत्मनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (the Brahmin speaker)
• आत्मन् (the Self/Ātman)
• योगशास्त्र (the science/treatise of yoga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steady austerity and continuous discipline, guided by yogic instruction, culminate in direct inner realization—‘seeing the Self within oneself’—presented as the ethical and spiritual goal of a wise person.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within the Anugītā section of the Aśvamedhika Parva, a Brahmin speaker concludes a teaching by urging sustained yogic practice and describing its fruit: inward perception of the ātman.