Shloka 12
Adhyāya 240: Indriya–Manas–Buddhi–Ātman — The Inner Hierarchy and Restraint (इन्द्रिय-मनस्-बुद्धि-आत्म-क्रमः)
सिध्यन्ति चास्य सर्वार्था विज्ञानं च प्रवर्तते । सम: सर्वेषु भूतेषु लब्धालब्धेन वर्तयन्
sidhyanti cāsya sarvārthā vijñānaṃ ca pravartate | samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu labdhālabdhena vartayan, sattvasaṃsevanād dhīro nidrām ucchettum arhati |
毗耶娑说：由此等戒行，求道者诸愿皆得成就，真实的辨知亦开始运转。对一切众生保持平等心，得亦安然、不得亦安然，以知足自持；坚毅之人——由修养萨埵——便堪能断除昏睡（倦怠与疏忽）。因此，瑜伽之生活以平等对待众生、不为得失所扰，以及由清净与自制而生的内在澄明为其标志。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Cultivate sattva and equanimity: when one remains impartial toward all beings and is content in gain and non-gain, higher discernment (vijñāna) awakens and the practitioner becomes capable of overcoming sleep-like inertia and heedlessness, leading to the fulfillment of spiritual aims.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Vyāsa continues a didactic passage describing the marks and results of yogic conduct—impartiality toward beings, contentment with outcomes, and the arising of realized knowledge.