Shloka 36
Vānaprastha-vṛtti and the Transition toward the Fourth Āśrama (वानप्रस्थवृत्तिः चतुर्थाश्रमोपक्रमश्च)
चक्षुराहारसंहारैर्मनसा दर्शनेन च । समाहितचित्त मुनिको चाहिये कि वह हृदयके राग आदि दोषोंको नष्ट करके योगमें सहायता पहुँचानेवाले देश
cakṣur-āhāra-saṁhāraiḥ manasā darśanena ca | samāhita-citto munir hṛdayasya rāgādi-doṣān nirhṛtya yogopakārakeṣu deśa-karma-anurāga-artha-upāya-apāya-niścaya-cakṣuḥ-āhāra-saṁhāra-manas-darśaneṣu dvādaśasu yogeṣv āśritya dhyāna-yogaṁ abhyaset || naiva icchati na ca anicchaḥ yātrā-mātra-vyavasthitaḥ | nirlobho vyathā-rahitaś ca jitendriyaḥ | na kṛtyena prayojanaṁ tasya na ca akṛtyenaiva | yasya indriyāṇi manaś ca kadācit na calanti | yasya manorathaḥ paripūrṇaḥ | yaḥ sarva-bhūteṣu sama-dṛṣṭiṁ maitrī-bhāvaṁ ca dhārayati | loṣṭa-aśma-kāñcanaṁ samam paśyati | priya-apriyeṣu abheda-darśī | dhīraḥ nindā-stutyoḥ samaḥ | sarva-bhogeṣu niḥspṛhaḥ | dṛḍhaṁ brahmacarya-vrate sthitaḥ | sarva-bhūteṣu ahiṁsā-bhāva-varjitaḥ sa sāṅkhya-yogī saṁsāra-bandhanāt mucyate ||
毗耶娑说：心已摄定的牟尼，应先摧灭内在过失，如贪著等，然后修习禅定之瑜伽，依止十二种助缘：正处、正业、调御之爱、适当之目标、善巧之方便、知险之觉照、坚固之决意、护持之目、节制之食、制止、摄心、正见。如此知者不逐物，亦不以厌离而退缩；但以维持生命所需而知足。离贪离扰，调伏诸根；不为“必须作为”的逼迫所驱，也不为“不作为”的傲慢所惑。根与心不散乱；所愿已满。以平等与慈友观一切众生；视土块、石与金同一。于他无可爱与可憎之分；安忍坚住，于毁誉等同。无欲于诸享受，坚立梵行誓（brahmacarya），且对一切有情无害心——此数论瑜伽行者，得脱世间生死系缚。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation comes through disciplined meditation supported by practical restraints (place, conduct, regulated senses and food, right view) and by inner virtues: freedom from craving and aversion, contentment with necessities, mastery of senses, equal regard for all beings, equanimity in praise and blame, celibate restraint, and non-violence.
In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa instructs on the marks of a true contemplative (Sāṅkhya-yogin) and outlines the disciplines and attitudes by which a sage practices meditation and becomes free from saṁsāra.