Shloka 15
अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu
स्थाणुवच्चाप्यकम्प: स्याद् गिरिवच्चापि निश्चल: । बुद्धवा विधिविधानज्ञास्तदा युक्तं प्रचक्षते
sthāṇuvaccāpy akampaḥ syād girivaccāpi niścalaḥ | buddhvā vidhividhānajñās tadā yuktaṃ pracakṣate, mithileśvara |
瓦西什塔说道：“当如柱而不摇，如山而不移。若以心摄诸根，以慧（buddhi）定其心——静如石，无欲如枯木，坚如高山——则通晓圣典（śāstra）修持之智者，凭自身证悟，宣说他确已真实安住于瑜伽。噢，弥提罗之主！”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
True Yoga is recognized as inner integration and steadiness: the senses are gathered under the mind, and the mind is stabilized by the intellect. When one becomes unshaken, desireless, and firmly established—like a pillar or mountain—scripturally trained sages acknowledge that state as being ‘yukta’ (yoga-established).
Vasiṣṭha is instructing the king of Mithilā (Janaka) on the marks of an accomplished yogin. Using vivid similes (pillar, stone, dry wood, mountain), he describes the experiential criteria by which knowledgeable sages recognize genuine yogic establishment.