Shloka 34
अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu
एवमेव च राजेन्द्र विज्ञेयं ज्ञानकोविदै: । अधिष्ठातारमव्यक्तमस्याप्येतन्निदर्शनम्
evam eva ca rājendra vijñeyaṁ jñāna-kovidaiḥ | adhiṣṭhātāram avyaktam asyāpy etan nidarśanam ||
瓦西什塔说道：“同样地，哦诸王之最，精通真知者当如是了知：未显之自性（Prakṛti，阿毗耶克塔）乃为统摄之根基——此点在此亦可作明证。于坏灭之时，它被领会为一；当创生展开之际，它显现为多。故智者应洞察自性之统一与多样；而正是这未显者，在创生之时，引导那居于主宰位的‘人’（Puruṣa）趋向多元之经验——由此昭示‘人’内在的本一。”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that Prakṛti is one in dissolution but appears as many in creation; the wise should understand both aspects. The unmanifest (avyakta) functions as the basis that occasions the presiding Person’s experience of plurality, while the Person’s essential oneness remains implied.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing a king in philosophical discernment within Śānti Parva’s teachings, using the creation–dissolution framework to explain how unmanifest Prakṛti relates to the presiding principle (adhiṣṭhātṛ) and why multiplicity is an appearance arising at creation.