Shloka 14
नारद–शुक संवादः (Nārada–Śuka Dialogue): Tyāga, Saṃyama, and Vyakta–Avyakta Viveka
प्रतिभामपवर्ग च प्रतिसंहृत्य मैथिल । इन्द्रियग्राममखिलं मनस्यभिनिवेश्य ह
pratibhām apavargaṁ ca pratisaṁhṛtya maithila | indriyagrāmam akhilaṁ manasy abhiniveśya ha ||
قال ياجنافالكيا: «يا مايثيلا، بعد أن تسحب إلى الداخل كلاً من البصيرة المميِّزة (pratibhā) والنزوع إلى التحرّر (apavarga)، وبعد أن تجمع جملةَ الحواس كلّها، فاثبتها في الذهن».
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The core teaching is inward mastery: one should withdraw the senses from external objects and concentrate them in the mind. The verse also suggests a subtler discipline—setting aside even refined mental powers (pratibhā) and the restless drive toward attainment (apavarga) so the mind rests in collected steadiness.
Yājñavalkya is instructing Maithila (Janaka) on inner practice. He describes the yogic act of retracting faculties and gathering the senses, then fixing them in the mind—an instruction situated within the Shānti Parva’s broader teaching on peace, self-governance, and liberation.