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:,नरेश्वर! मलत्याग, मूत्रत्याग और भोजन--इन तीन कार्योंमें जो समय लगता है, उसमें योगका अभ्यास न करे। शेष समयमें तत्परतापूर्वक योगका अभ्यास करना चाहिये

Transliteration

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

Translation

Васиштха сказал: «О царь, не следует предаваться йогической практике в три случая, когда время занято мочеиспусканием, испражнением и трапезой. В остальное же время надлежит упражняться в йоге с твёрдой и неослабной ревностью».

Word by Word

मूत्रोत्सर्गपुरीषेin urination, discharge of urine, and in feces/defecation

चand

भोजनेin eating/meal

चand

नराधिपO king (lord of men)

त्रिकालम्the three times (i.e., those three occasions)

नnot

अभियुञ्जीतshould apply/engage (oneself)

शेषम्the remaining (time)

युञ्जीतshould practice/apply (oneself)

तत्परःbeing intent on that; with full attention

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

narādhipa (king)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.