Shloka 10
अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यो निवर्त्य मनसा शुचि: । दशद्वादशभिर्वापि चतुर्विशात् परं तत:
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyo nivartya manasā śuciḥ | daśadvādaśabhir vāpi caturviśāt paraṃ tataḥ ||
婆悉吒说道：“心地清净之后，智者瑜伽行者当使诸根离其境界。继而依所传之‘十’与‘十二’（内在策励之法），当引导那不老之我——明辨者称之为自性——超越二十四谛之聚（即自性〔prakṛti〕及其诸变现），趋向超越自然的至上之人、最高之我。”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Purify the mind and practice sense-withdrawal; then use disciplined inner methods to turn awareness from prakṛti’s twenty-four principles toward the transcendent Puruṣa/Paramātman—i.e., move from sensory engagement to metaphysical realization.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation, Vasiṣṭha is teaching a yogic-śāstric method: restrain the senses, refine the mind, and contemplate the self as distinct from prakṛti, directing oneself toward the Supreme.