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
manaḥ praṇayate ’tmānaṃ sa enam abhiyuñjati | yukto yadā sa bhavati tadā taṃ paśyate param ||
Batin (manas) menarik sang diri menuju luar dan menjeratnya dalam keterlibatan. Seorang yogin menundukkan batin itu dan menjadikannya terikat teguh dalam yoga—tenggelam dalam Diri. Ketika ia telah mantap dalam penyatuan itu, ia pun memandang Yang Mahatinggi secara langsung.
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.