Shloka 28
Adhyāya 302: Guṇa-vicāra, Gati-bheda, and the Imperishable State
Yājñavalkya–Janaka
बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि चैतानि तथा कर्मेन्द्रियाणि च । सम्भूतानीह युगपन्मनसा सह पार्थिव
buddhīndriyāṇi caitāni tathā karmendriyāṇi ca | sambhūtānīha yugapan manasā saha pārthiva ||
瓦西什塔说道：“大地之主啊，在这具身的物质之造中，这些能力一同生起：知根与作根亦复如是。它们在此同时成就，并与意（manas）俱生。”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that in embodied existence the cognitive senses (buddhīndriyas) and the active faculties (karmendriyas) do not arise in isolation; they manifest together, coordinated by the mind. Ethically, this implies that discipline must address the whole psycho-physical system—mind, perception, and action—since they function as an integrated unit.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing a king in a doctrinal explanation of embodiment: how the faculties that perceive and the faculties that act originate within the material creation, emphasizing their simultaneous emergence with the mind as part of a broader teaching on the constituents of the person.