Shloka 12
Adhyāya 240: Indriya–Manas–Buddhi–Ātman — The Inner Hierarchy and Restraint (इन्द्रिय-मनस्-बुद्धि-आत्म-क्रमः)
सिध्यन्ति चास्य सर्वार्था विज्ञानं च प्रवर्तते । सम: सर्वेषु भूतेषु लब्धालब्धेन वर्तयन्
sidhyanti cāsya sarvārthā vijñānaṃ ca pravartate | samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu labdhālabdhena vartayan, sattvasaṃsevanād dhīro nidrām ucchettum arhati |
व्यास म्हणाले—अशा शिस्तीने साधकाचे सर्व प्रयोजन सिद्ध होतात आणि विवेकज्ञान प्रवृत्त होते. तो सर्व प्राण्यांबद्दल समभाव ठेवो आणि लाभ-तोट्यात संतोषाने निर्वाह करो. सत्त्वाचे सेवन केल्याने धीर पुरुष निद्रा (आळस व प्रमाद) छेदण्यास योग्य होतो.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Cultivate sattva and equanimity: when one remains impartial toward all beings and is content in gain and non-gain, higher discernment (vijñāna) awakens and the practitioner becomes capable of overcoming sleep-like inertia and heedlessness, leading to the fulfillment of spiritual aims.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Vyāsa continues a didactic passage describing the marks and results of yogic conduct—impartiality toward beings, contentment with outcomes, and the arising of realized knowledge.