Shloka 32
Utkramaṇa-sthāna and Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇa: Yājñavalkya’s Instruction on Departure Pathways and Mortality Signs
अप्रबुद्धमथाव्यक्तं सगुणं प्राहुरीश्वरम् । निर्गुणं चेश्वर॑ नित्यमधिष्ठातारमेव च
aprabuddham athāvyaktaṃ saguṇaṃ prāhur īśvaram | nirguṇaṃ ceśvaraṃ nityam adhiṣṭhātāram eva ca ||
瓦西什塔说道：智者以多种方式称说主宰——或说祂未觉而未显，为具德之主；又说祂无德（离相）之主，常住不变，并为内在的统御者，主宰一切。精通数论（Sāṅkhya）与瑜伽者了知：当舍离我慢等惰性原理时，此至上自性便以纯粹觉知而被证知；祂超越原质（Prakṛti）及其诸德，为求最高真实者所寻的第二十五原理。
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the Supreme Reality can be described from different standpoints—as unmanifest, as the Lord with attributes, as the attributeless eternal Lord, and as the presiding inner ruler. In Sāṅkhya-Yoga terms, this Supreme Self is the twenty-fifth principle (Puruṣa/Ātman), distinct from Prakṛti and its twenty-four evolutes, realized as pure consciousness when inert factors like egoity are negated.
Within the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma discussions, Vasiṣṭha is instructing about the nature of the Supreme Self/Lord using Sāṅkhya and Yoga categories, guiding the listener toward discernment between Prakṛti (and its guṇas/tattvas) and the transcendent presiding consciousness.