Shloka 22
ध्रुवस्य तपः — देवमायाविघ्नाः, विष्णोर्दर्शनम्, स्तुतिः, ध्रुवस्थानप्रदानम्
स तां विलपतीम् एवं बाष्पव्याकुललोचनाम् समाहितमना विष्णौ पश्यन्न् अपि न दृष्टवान्
sa tāṃ vilapatīm evaṃ bāṣpavyākulalocanām samāhitamanā viṣṇau paśyann api na dṛṣṭavān
সেইদৰে তাই বিলাপ কৰিছিল, অশ্ৰুতে ব্যাকুল চকুৰে; কিন্তু তেওঁৰ মন শ্ৰীবিষ্ণুত সমাহিত আছিল, সেয়ে চাইও তেওঁ তাইক সঁচাকৈ নেদেখিলে।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
It presents devotion and yogic concentration on Viṣṇu as a state where ordinary perception loses its hold—one may look outward, yet remain inwardly established in the Supreme.
By showing a mind absorbed in Viṣṇu that does not register even intense worldly emotion nearby, Parāśara illustrates vairāgya born from God-centered contemplation rather than mere indifference.
Viṣṇu functions as the highest object of meditation and the supreme ground of reality—absorption in Him overrides ordinary experience, reflecting core Vaiṣṇava spirituality emphasized in the Purāṇa.