Shloka 21
Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)
जो साधक सदा संयमपरायण, योगयुक्त, मनको वशमें करनेवाला और जितेन्द्रिय है, वही आत्मासे प्रेरित होकर बुद्धिके द्वारा उसका साक्षात्कार कर सकता है ।।
yo sādhakaḥ sadā saṁyamaparāyaṇaḥ, yogayuktaḥ, manasaḥ vaśaṁ kartā jitendriyaś ca, sa evātmā-preritaḥ buddhyā tasya sākṣātkāraṁ kartum arhati. yathā hi puruṣaḥ svapne dṛṣṭvā paśyaty asāv iti, tathā rūpam iva ātmānaṁ sādhuyuktaḥ prapaśyati.
婆罗门说道：“唯有那恒常归依自制、安住于瑜伽、能摄伏其心并主宰诸根的修行者——在自我（Ātman）由内推动之下，方能凭辨慧之力证知‘彼’。正如人于梦中见物，醒时似仍见其‘在那里’，同样，善加调御的瑜伽行者观自我如若有相——此相不过指向超越其相的直接证悟。”
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Direct realization of the Self is possible for the disciplined practitioner: one devoted to restraint, steady in yoga, controlling mind and senses. Such realization arises from inner prompting (ātma-prerita) and is grasped through discriminative intellect (buddhi), not through mere external ritual or speculation.
A Brahmin speaker instructs on the means of Self-knowledge. He uses a dream-analogy: as dream-objects appear vividly ‘as if present,’ so the yogin, properly composed, perceives the Self ‘as if with form’—a pedagogical way to describe an inward, immediate experience that transcends ordinary perception.