Shloka 9
अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu
मृत्रोत्सर्गपुरीषे च भोजने च नराधिप । त्रिकालं नाभियुञ्जीत शेषं युज्जीत तत्पर:
mūtrotsargapurīṣe ca bhojane ca narādhipa | trikālaṁ nābhiyuñjīta śeṣaṁ yuñjīta tatparaḥ ||
वसिष्ठ बोले—नरेश्वर! मूत्रत्याग, मलत्याग और भोजन—इन तीन अवसरों में योग का अभ्यास न करे। शेष समय में, तत्पर होकर, स्थिर प्रयत्न से योग का अभ्यास करे।
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Yoga requires disciplined timing: do not force practice during bodily necessities like urination, defecation, and eating; instead, use the remaining time with focused commitment.
Vasiṣṭha instructs a king on practical rules of conduct for yogic discipline, emphasizing propriety and steadiness rather than indiscriminate or ill-timed exertion.