Shloka 46
अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu
सम्यड्निदर्शन नाम प्रत्यक्ष॑ प्रकृतेस्तथा । गुणतत्त्वान्यथैतानि निर्गुणो<न्यस्तथा भवेत्
samyag-darśana-nāma pratyakṣaṁ prakṛtes tathā | guṇa-tattvāny athaitāni nirguṇo 'nyas tathā bhavet ||
قال فاسيشثا: «إن الرؤية الحقّة هي التحقّق المباشر والفوري بالبراكريتي (Prakṛti) كما هي على حقيقتها. وهذه المبادئ التي تبدو “تَتْفَا” (tattva) مؤلَّفة من الغونات (guṇa)؛ غير أنّ ثمّة مَن هو مباين لها—الشخص الأسمى—وهو منزَّه عن الغونات».
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Right knowledge is presented as direct realization: one should clearly perceive Prakṛti and its guṇa-made tattvas, and then discern the distinct reality beyond them—the Supreme Person/Ātman—who is nirguṇa (not constituted by the guṇas). This discrimination supports liberation-oriented ethics by loosening identification with changing qualities.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Vasiṣṭha is teaching a metaphysical discernment: he defines ‘true vision’ as immediate insight into Prakṛti and explains that the guṇa-based categories belong to nature, while the highest Self is separate from them and beyond qualities.