Shloka 40
Atithi’s Direction to the Nāga-sage Padma at Naimiṣa (अतिथ्युपदेशः—नैमिषे पद्मनागोपाख्यानप्रस्तावः)
अथ दधीचस्तथैवाविमना: सुखदुःखसमो महायोगी आत्मानं समाधाय शरीरपरित्यागं चकार
atha dadhīcas tathaivāvimanaḥ sukhaduḥkha-samaḥ mahāyogī ātmānaṃ samādhāya śarīra-parityāgaṃ cakāra |
于是，达提迦仍如往昔——心不扰乱，亦不沮丧——完成了最后的出离之举。此大瑜伽行者于乐与苦中等心无二，摄持自我入于深定，将内在安住于至上之我，遂舍离其身。此段彰显坚忍、内在自由，以及即便临终亦以自制为德的伦理理想。
तास्त्वाष्ट उवाच क्व गमिष्यथास्यतां तावन्मया सह श्रेयो भविष्यन्तीति
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches equanimity and yogic composure: one who is steady amid pleasure and pain can gather the self in samādhi and meet death as a conscious act of renunciation rather than fear or despair.
Sage Dadhīca remains undepressed and resolute; as a perfected yogin he enters deep concentration and voluntarily relinquishes his body, presenting an ideal of serene, dharmic departure.