Shloka 20
अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu
विधूम इव सप्तार्चिरादित्य इव रश्मिमान् | वैद्युतो 5ग्निरिवाकाशे दृश्यते55त्मा तथा55त्मनि
vidhūma iva saptārcir āditya iva raśmimān | vaidyuto 'gnir ivākāśe dṛśyate 'tmā tathātmani ||
婆悉吒说道：“如无烟之七舌火；如光芒环绕之日轮；如晴空中所见闪电之焰——如是，在自我之中，自我得以直接被观见。亦复如是，安住于禅观的瑜伽行者，于心中即刻得见至上我。”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Direct realization of the Self (and the Supreme Self) arises for the yogin who is firmly established in meditation; this inner vision is compared to unmistakable luminous phenomena—smokeless fire, the radiant sun, and lightning in the sky—emphasizing clarity, immediacy, and self-evidence.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing about contemplative practice and the experiential ‘seeing’ of the Self within oneself, using vivid natural images of light to describe how realization appears to the meditator in the heart.