Shloka 2
Adhyāya 240: Indriya–Manas–Buddhi–Ātman — The Inner Hierarchy and Restraint (इन्द्रिय-मनस्-बुद्धि-आत्म-क्रमः)
योगकृत्यं तु ते कृत्स्नं वर्तयिष्यामि तच्छृणु । एकत्वं बुद्धिमनसोरिन्द्रियाणां च सर्वश:
yogakṛtyaṁ tu te kṛtsnaṁ vartayiṣyāmi tac chṛṇu | ekatvaṁ buddhimanasor indriyāṇāṁ ca sarvaśaḥ ||
Vyāsa dit : « Maintenant, écoute. Je vais t’exposer pleinement toute la discipline du Yoga : comment l’intellect (buddhi) et le mental (manas) sont conduits à l’unité, et comment les sens, en tout point, sont rassemblés dans cette même maîtrise unifiée. »
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse introduces a complete exposition of yogic discipline centered on integration: making intellect (buddhi) and mind (manas) function as one, and bringing the senses under comprehensive unified control—an ethical foundation for steadiness, restraint, and inner clarity.
Vyāsa, as the speaker, signals a transition into instruction: he asks the listener to attend and announces that he will explain the full method of Yoga, beginning with the unification of inner faculties and the regulation of the senses.