Shloka 16
नारद–शुक संवादः (Nārada–Śuka Dialogue): Tyāga, Saṃyama, and Vyakta–Avyakta Viveka
एवं हि परिसंख्याय ततो ध्यायन्ति केवलम् । विरजस्कमलं नित्यमनन्तं शुद्धमव्रणम्
evaṁ hi parisaṅkhyāya tato dhyāyanti kevalam | virajaskamalaṁ nityam anantaṁ śuddham avraṇam ||
Ainsi, après avoir soigneusement dénombré et discerné (les principes enseignés), ils méditent ensuite exclusivement sur cette Réalité toujours présente—pareille au lotus que la poussière n’atteint pas—sans fin, parfaitement pure et sans la moindre tache.
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
After disciplined discernment (parisaṅkhyā), one should move to exclusive meditation on the infinite, ever-pure, blemishless Reality—symbolized by a lotus untouched by dust—indicating liberation-oriented practice grounded in clear understanding.
Yājñavalkya is instructing that once the seeker has properly examined and concluded the teaching, the next step is single-pointed contemplation of the stainless, eternal principle (Self/Brahman), rather than remaining only at the level of intellectual enumeration.