Shloka 22
अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः
The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex
मन: प्रणयते$5त्मानं स एनमभियुञ्जति । युक्तो यदा स भवति तदा त॑ पश्यते परम्,मन आत्माको योगकी ओर ले जाता है। योगी इस मनको योगयुक्त (आत्मामें लीन) करता है। इस प्रकार जब वह योगमें सिद्धि प्राप्त कर लेता है, तब वह उस परमात्माका साक्षात्कार कर लेता है
manaḥ praṇayate ’tmānaṃ sa enam abhiyuñjati | yukto yadā sa bhavati tadā taṃ paśyate param ||
Parāśara explica: la mente arrastra naturalmente al ser hacia afuera, atándolo al trato con los objetos y a la acción. Cuando el practicante disciplina esa misma mente y la mantiene firmemente uncida al yoga—absorta en el Sí mismo—, entonces, al quedar verdaderamente establecido en esa unión, contempla de modo directo la Realidad Suprema.
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The mind is the agent that either entangles the self in outward engagement or, when disciplined and made yoga-yukta (steadily absorbed), becomes the means by which one directly realizes the Supreme.
In a didactic passage of the Śānti Parva, Parāśara instructs about inner practice: he describes the mind’s tendency to pull the self into involvement, and then states the yogic reversal—yoking the mind in the Self—culminating in the vision/realization of the Supreme.