Shloka 9
Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)
वैराग्यबुद्धि: सततमात्मदोषव्यपेक्षक: । आत्मबन्धविनिर्मोक्षं स करोत्यचिरादिव
vairāgyabuddhiḥ satatam ātmadoṣavyapekṣakaḥ | ātmabandhavinirmokṣaṃ sa karoty acirād iva ||
婆罗门说道：其慧恒住离贪，并常自省其过者，便能迅速成就自我之缚的解脱。此人不执“我为作者”，不怀渴求，了知世间动摇败坏——恒为生、死、老所印记——故能不久斩断系缚之根。
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steady dispassion (vairāgya) combined with vigilant self-scrutiny (seeing one’s own doṣas) leads swiftly to freedom from inner bondage; craving and the sense of doership sustain bondage, while clear recognition of the world’s impermanence weakens it.
A Brahmin speaker delivers an instruction on liberation: he describes the inner qualities—detachment, absence of desire, awareness of impermanence, and continual self-examination—that enable a person to break the bonds of the self.