Shloka 44
गुणत्रयमयं ह्य् एतद् ब्रह्मञ् छक्तित्रयं महत् यो ऽतियाति स यात्य् एव परं नावर्तते पुनः
guṇatrayamayaṃ hy etad brahmañ chaktitrayaṃ mahat yo 'tiyāti sa yāty eva paraṃ nāvartate punaḥ
أيها البرهمن، إن هذه الحقيقة العظيمة مؤلفة من الغونات الثلاث ومؤيَّدة بشكتي ثلاثية؛ ومن يتجاوزها يبلغ السامي الأعلى ولا يعود ثانيةً.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: The guṇa-constituted reality and the means/result of transcending it to reach the Supreme without return.
Teaching: Philosophical
Quality: revealing
Creation Stage: Primary
Concept: Though the manifested order is guṇa-made and powered by a threefold śakti, one who transcends guṇas attains the Supreme and is not reborn.
Vedantic Theme: Moksha
Application: Practice discernment of guṇas in mind and conduct, cultivate sattva and devotion, and aim for surrender/knowledge that leads beyond guṇa-conditioning.
Vishishtadvaita: Mokṣa is reaching the Supreme Person (not mere absorption into an impersonal absolute), with ‘non-return’ as the fruit of His grace and realization.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
This verse frames the entire manifest order as triguṇic; liberation is defined as going beyond that guṇa-made field to the Para (Supreme), after which there is no return to cyclic existence.
He indicates that the great manifested reality operates through a “threefold power,” aligned with the triguṇic constitution of prakṛti; spiritual attainment requires surpassing this operational domain rather than merely refining it.
In Vaishnava Vedanta, the “Para” ultimately points to Vishnu as the Supreme Reality beyond guṇas; reaching Him is moksha, marked by final freedom from return (punarāvṛtti) into saṃsāra.