Shloka 1
कर्मविद्या-भेदः
Karma–Vidyā Distinction: Paths of Bondage and Release
2८5 9 शीला > इन सप्तर्षियोंके नाम इस प्रकार हैं-- मरीचिरद्रिराश्षात्रि: पुलस्त्य: पुलह: क्रतु: | वसिष्ठ इति सप्तैते मानसा निर्मिता हि ते ।।
vyāsa uvāca | pratyāhāraṃ tu vakṣyāmi śarvaryādau gate 'hani | yathā idaṃ kurute 'dhyātmaṃ susūkṣmaṃ viśvam īśvaraḥ ||
毗耶娑说道：“如今我将讲述收摄（pratyāhāra）：当梵天之日已尽、其夜将启之际，诸世界之主如何将这整个宇宙摄入自身——使粗显的造化变得极其微细——并令其融没于己。”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse introduces pratyāhāra as a cosmic principle: at the close of Brahmā’s day, creation is withdrawn, the gross world becomes subtle, and everything is reabsorbed inwardly—mirroring the yogic ideal of turning from external multiplicity to inner reality.
Vyāsa begins a new explanation about pralaya (dissolution), describing the transition from Brahmā’s day to night and how the cosmic ruler causes the universe to contract from manifest, gross form into an extremely subtle state within himself.