Shloka 433
Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)
याथातथ्येन भगवन् वक्तुमहसि मेडनघ । 'चेष्टाशील जीवात्मा इस शरीरका भार कैसे वहन करता है? फिर कैसे और किस रंगके शरीरको धारण करता है। निष्पाप भगवन्! यह सब मुझे यथार्थरूपसे बताइये”
yāthātathyena bhagavan vaktum arhasi medhānagha | ceṣṭāśīlaḥ jīvātmā asya śarīrasya bhāraṃ kathaṃ vahatī? punaḥ kathaṃ ca kasya varṇasya śarīraṃ dhārayati | niṣpāpa bhagavan etat sarvaṃ me yathārtharūpeṇa vaktum arhasi ||
婆罗门说道：“噢，吉祥的尊主，噢，具慧而无罪者——请如实为我开示。那恒常从事诸行的个体之我，如何承担此身之重？继而它又如何取受另一具身体，那身体又是何等色相、何等类型？噢，无瑕的尊主，请将这一切以真实相告。”
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a philosophical inquiry into the relation between the embodied self and the body: how the jīvātman sustains bodily life and how, driven by its tendencies and karma, it assumes another embodiment. Ethically, it points to accountability across lives and the need for truthful, precise understanding (yāthātathyena) rather than speculation.
A Brahmin respectfully questions a revered, ‘sinless’ teacher figure, asking for an exact explanation of how the active individual self carries the body’s burden and how it later takes on a new body of a particular ‘varṇa’ (here, primarily color/type). The scene sets up a doctrinal exposition on embodiment and transmigration.