Shloka 11
अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu
संचोदनाभिमीतिमानात्मानं चोदयेदथ । तिष्ठन्तमजरं तं तु यत् तदुक्तं मनीषिभि:
sañcodanābhimītimān ātmānaṃ codayed atha | tiṣṭhantam ajaraṃ taṃ tu yat tad uktaṃ manīṣibhiḥ ||
婆悉吒说道：“因此，具明辨之决意的智者瑜伽行者，当自策自励，驱使其自我。令其内在趋向那不老之实在——寂然不动、为诸圣所说之我。以清净心收摄诸根离境，转其精进离于物质诸原理之聚，而归向超越自然的至上之人。”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches disciplined self-direction: the yogin should consciously urge the mind inward, withdraw the senses from their objects, and orient awareness toward the ageless, unmoving Self as taught by the sages—transcending identification with material nature.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation, Vasiṣṭha addresses the path of yoga and self-knowledge, advising how a practitioner should guide the inner self toward the imperishable Ātman rather than toward sensory and material engagements.