Shloka 19
अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu
तदा तमनुपश्येत यस्मिन् दृष्टे न कथ्यते । हृदयस्थो<न्तरात्मेति ज्ञेयो ज्ञस्तात मद्धिधै:
tadā tam anupaśyet yasmin dṛṣṭe na kathyate | hṛdayastho 'ntarātmeti jñeyo jñastāta madvidhaiḥ ||
Kung magkagayon, dapat pagmasdan ang Yaon—na kapag nasilayan, napapahinto ang pananalita. Ang Panloob na Sarili na nananahan sa puso ay dapat makilalang siyang Antarātman, ang nakaaalam ng lahat. Anak ko, para sa mga tulad ko, nararapat na hanapin at makamtan ang kaalaman sa panloob na saksi—na nakababatid ng lahat at nananahan sa puso ng bawat isa—lalo na sa panahon ng yoga, kapag tuwirang nasasaksihan ng yogin ang Kataas-taasang Sarili sa loob.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the highest reality—the Inner Self dwelling in the heart—is directly knowable in yogic realization, yet it transcends verbal description. True knowledge culminates in inward vision of the all-knowing witness (antarātmā), where speech and conceptualization fall silent.
Vasiṣṭha addresses a disciple affectionately (“tāta”) and instructs him on contemplative practice: in the proper yogic time/state, one should behold the indwelling Self. The emphasis is on interior realization rather than external debate—pointing to the heart as the locus of the supreme, all-knowing presence.