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Shloka 10

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

इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यो निवर्त्य मनसा शुचि: । दशद्वादशभिर्वापि चतुर्विशात्‌ परं तत:

indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyo nivartya manasā śuciḥ | daśadvādaśabhir vāpi caturviśāt paraṃ tataḥ ||

Vasiṣṭha nói: “Khi tâm đã thanh tịnh, vị yogin trí tuệ phải thu các căn khỏi các đối tượng của chúng. Rồi nhờ những phép tu được truyền dạy như ‘mười’ và ‘mười hai’ (những cách thúc đẩy nội tâm), hãy hướng tự ngã không già—được bậc minh triết nhận là bản tính chân thật—vượt khỏi toàn thể hai mươi bốn nguyên lý (prakṛti và các biến hiện), mà tiến về Đấng Tối Thượng, Chân Ngã tối cao.”

इन्द्रियाणिthe senses
इन्द्रियाणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रिय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
इन्द्रियार्थेभ्यःfrom the objects of the senses
इन्द्रियार्थेभ्यः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रियार्थ
FormMasculine, Ablative, Plural
निवर्त्यhaving withdrawn/turned back
निवर्त्य:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-वृत्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
मनसाby the mind
मनसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
शुचिःpure (one)
शुचिः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दशद्वादशभिःby ten and twelve (i.e., by groups of ten and twelve)
दशद्वादशभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदशद्वादश
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
चतुर्विंशात्from the twenty-four (principles)
चतुर्विंशात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootचतुर्विंशति
FormFeminine, Ablative, Singular
परम्beyond/supreme
परम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
ततःthereafter/from that
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः

वसिष्ठ उवाच

V
Vasiṣṭha
I
indriyas (senses)
M
manas (mind)
Ā
ātman (self)
P
prakṛti (nature)
C
caturviṃśati-tattvāni (twenty-four principles)
P
puruṣa/paramātman (Supreme Person/Supreme Self)

Educational Q&A

Purify the mind and practice sense-withdrawal; then use disciplined inner methods to turn awareness from prakṛti’s twenty-four principles toward the transcendent Puruṣa/Paramātman—i.e., move from sensory engagement to metaphysical realization.

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation, Vasiṣṭha is teaching a yogic-śāstric method: restrain the senses, refine the mind, and contemplate the self as distinct from prakṛti, directing oneself toward the Supreme.