Shloka 29
ध्यानयोगवर्णनम्
Description of the Path of Meditation
इस प्रकार आत्मा सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके भीतर उनकी हृदयगुफामें गूढ़भावसे छिपा रहता है। वह तत्त्वदर्शी पुरुषोंद्वारा तीक्ष्ण एवं सूक्ष्म बुद्धिसे साक्षात् किया जाता है ।।
bharadvāja uvāca | evaṃ prakāra ātmā samasta-prāṇiṣu teṣāṃ hṛdaya-guhāyāṃ gūḍha-bhāvena nihitaḥ tiṣṭhati | sa tattva-darśibhiḥ puruṣaiḥ tīkṣṇayā sūkṣmayā ca buddhyā sākṣāt-kriyate || sa pūrvāpara-rātreṣu yuñjānaḥ satataṃ budhaḥ | laghv-āhāro viśuddhātmā paśyaty ātmānam ātmani ||
如是，自我（Ātman）潜藏于一切众生，深隐于心之洞窟。见真者以锐利而微妙之慧，得以亲证。智者节食，常于夜之初更与后更修习禅定之瑜伽；内心既净，便于自心之中，见自我于自我——在心中亲自证得。
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Self is present in all beings yet remains hidden in the heart; it is realized not by external means but through sustained meditation, refined discernment, moderation in food, and inner purification—culminating in direct inward realization of the Self.
Bharadvāja is instructing about the method and conditions for realizing the Ātman: the seeker practices yoga especially in the quiet hours of night, lives with restraint, purifies the mind, and thereby gains direct vision of the inner Self.