Shloka 34
Saṃhāra-krama (The Sequence of Cosmic Dissolution) — Yājñavalkya’s Discourse
यथा च नावं कौन्तेय कर्णधार: समाहित: । महार्णवगतां शीघ्र॑ नयेत् पार्थिवसत्तम
yathā ca nāvaṁ kaunteya karṇadhāraḥ samāhitaḥ | mahārṇavagatāṁ śīghraṁ nayet pārthivasattama ||
毗湿摩说道：“昆蒂之子，诸王之最胜者：譬如沉着而警醒的舵手，能迅速将驶入大海的舟船引至彼岸与归宿；同样，依瑜伽而知真实者，以三摩地令其心安住于至上我（最高自性）之中，舍此身后，便得那难至的至高境界。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steady inner discipline is like skilled navigation: one who is composed and knows reality through yoga can fix the mind in the Supreme via samādhi and thereby reach the highest goal after leaving the body.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on higher dharma and spiritual means; here he uses the image of a helmsman guiding a boat across the ocean to illustrate how concentrated yogic knowledge guides the soul toward the supreme state.