Shloka 8
Bhūta-guṇa-saṃkhyāna
Enumeration of the Properties of the Elements and Cognitive Faculties
सेयं भावात्मिका भावांस्त्रीनेतानतिवर्तते । सरितां सागरो भर्ता महावेलामिवोर्मिमान्
seyaṁ bhāvātmikā bhāvāṁs trīn etān ativartate | saritāṁ sāgaro bhartā mahāvelām ivormimān ||
毗耶娑说：此心智（buddhi）由诸心相与倾向（bhāva）所成，能超越那三种状态。正如大海——诸河之主，巨浪翻涌——有时竟越过自己广阔的海岸；同样，当安住于制止心之动荡的瑜伽之中，这以心相为体的心智便能越出那三种模式。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the disposition-formed intellect (buddhi shaped by mental states) can, when grounded in yogic restraint of mental fluctuations, transcend the three fundamental modes/states that ordinarily govern experience.
Vyāsa explains a psychological-spiritual point using a vivid simile: as the ocean sometimes surges beyond its shoreline, so the mind-intellect, when stabilized in yoga, can overstep the usual limits imposed by the three bhāvas.