Shloka 12
तैश्वात्मा सततं ज्ञेय इत्येवमनुशुश्रुम । व्रतं हुहीनमनसो नान्यथेति विनिश्चय:,हमने गुरुजनोंके मुखसे सुना है कि जो लोग इस प्रकार प्राणायाम करते हैं, वे सदा ही परब्रह्म परमात्माके जाननेके अधिकारी होते हैं। जिसका मन सदा ध्यानमें संलग्न रहता है, ऐसे योगीके ही योग्य यह व्रत है अन्यथा बहिर्मुख चित्तवाले पुरुषके लिये यह नहीं है। यह निश्चितरूपसे जानना चाहिये
taiś cātmā satataṁ jñeya ity evam anuśuśruma | vrataṁ hīna-manaso nānyatheti viniścayaḥ ||
Vasiṣṭha said: “We have heard from the mouths of venerable teachers that, by such disciplined practice, one becomes ever fit to know the Supreme Self. This observance is meant for the yogin whose mind is steadily gathered in contemplation; it is not for one whose mind is deficient in inwardness and turned outward. This should be understood as a settled conclusion.”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
True knowledge of the Self is presented as the fruit of disciplined yogic observance, but only for one whose mind is inwardly collected and steady in contemplation; outward-turned or undisciplined minds are said to be unfit for this vow.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing his listener by appealing to received tradition: he reports what has been heard from revered teachers and then states a firm conclusion about who is qualified to undertake the observance that leads to knowledge of the Supreme Self.