Shloka 9

अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu

Devanagari script

मृत्रोत्सर्गपुरीषे च भोजने च नराधिप । त्रिकालं नाभियुञ्जीत शेषं युज्जीत तत्पर:

Transliteration

mūtrotsargapurīṣe ca bhojane ca narādhipa | trikālaṁ nābhiyuñjīta śeṣaṁ yuñjīta tatparaḥ ||

Translation

ဝသိဋ္ဌက မိန့်ကြားသည်— «အို မင်းမြတ်၊ ဆီးသွားခြင်း၊ ဝမ်းသွားခြင်းနှင့် အစာစားခြင်းတို့ကြောင့် အချိန်ယူရသော အခါသုံးခါတွင် ယောဂကျင့်စဉ်ကို မပြုလုပ်သင့်။ ကျန်သောအချိန်တွင်မူ စိတ်အားထက်သန်၍ တည်ကြည်စွာ ယောဂကို လေ့ကျင့်သင့်သည်»။

Word by Word

• मूत्रोत्सर्गपुरीषे: in urination, discharge of urine, and in feces/defecation
• मूत्रोत्सर्गपुरीषे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूत्रोत्सर्गपुरीष
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भोजने: in eating/meal
• भोजने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• त्रिकालम्: the three times (i.e., those three occasions)
• त्रिकालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिकाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अभियुञ्जीत: should apply/engage (oneself)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Optative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• शेषम्: the remaining (time)
• शेषम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शेष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• युञ्जीत: should practice/apply (oneself)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Optative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• तत्परः: being intent on that; with full attention
• तत्परः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत्पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• narādhipa (king)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Yoga requires disciplined timing: do not force practice during bodily necessities like urination, defecation, and eating; instead, use the remaining time with focused commitment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha instructs a king on practical rules of conduct for yogic discipline, emphasizing propriety and steadiness rather than indiscriminate or ill-timed exertion.