Shloka 22
Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)
जैसे मनुष्य सपनेमें किसी अपरिचित पुरुषको देखकर जब पुनः उसे जाग्रत् अवस्थामें देखता है, तब तुरंत पहचान लेता है कि “यह वही है।” उसी प्रकार साधन-परायण योगी समाधि-अवस्थामें आत्माको जिस रूपमें देखता है, उसी रूपमें उसके बाद भी देखता रहता है ।।
yathā manuṣyaḥ svapne kasmiṃścid aparicite puruṣe dṛṣṭe punaḥ prabuddhāvasthāyāṃ tam eva paśyati, tadā sahasā pratyabhijānāti—“eṣa sa eva” iti; tathā sādhanaparāyaṇo yogī samādhyavasthāyām ātmānaṃ yena rūpeṇa paśyati, tenaiva rūpeṇa tataḥ param api paśyaty eva. iṣīkāṃ ca yathā muñjād vakṣyan niṣkṛṣya darśayet | yogī niṣkṛṣya cātmānaṃ tathā paśyati dehataḥ ||
婆罗门说道：“譬如有人在梦中见到一位陌生男子，后来在清醒时再见，便立刻认出：‘正是此人’；同样，专志修持的瑜伽行者在三昧中以何种方式见自我，出定之后亦复如是而见。又如从茅草（muñja）茎中抽出并示人其内的细纤维，瑜伽行者亦如是‘抽离’自我，见其与此身相别。”
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Through the analogies of dream-recognition and extracting a fiber from muñja grass, the verse teaches viveka: the yogin realizes the Self as distinct from the body, and the clarity gained in samādhi becomes a stable, recognizable insight even afterward.
A brāhmaṇa instructs by using everyday comparisons to explain how a disciplined yogin perceives the ātman in samādhi and then continues to see that same truth—namely, the Self’s separateness from the physical body.