Shloka 50
कलियुग-प्रवृत्तिः, सप्तर्षि-गणना, धरणीगीताः, च वंश-समाप्तिः
Kali-yuga onset, Saptarṣi reckoning, Dharaṇī-gītā, and closure of the dynastic account
समुद्रावरणं याति मन्मण्डलम् अथो वशम् कियद् आत्मजयाद् एतन् मुक्तिर् आत्मजये फलम्
samudrāvaraṇaṃ yāti manmaṇḍalam atho vaśam kiyad ātmajayād etan muktir ātmajaye phalam
আত্মজয়ে ইন্দ্ৰিয়-বিষয়ৰ সাগৰসম বিস্তাৰে আবদ্ধ মনৰ সমগ্ৰ ক্ষেত্ৰো বশ হয়। কিন্তু এই আত্মজয়ৰ মাপ কি? আত্মসংযমৰ সত্য ফল মুক্তি (মোক্ষ) হে।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse frames self-conquest as the mastery of the mind’s domain, but insists that its highest significance is not control itself—rather, it culminates in moksha (liberation).
Parāśara treats mind-control as a meaningful attainment, yet immediately relativizes it: the real “fruit” of conquering the self is freedom from bondage—mukti.
In the Vishnu Purana’s Vaishnava framework, liberation is ultimately grounded in the Supreme Reality (Vishnu); self-mastery is presented as the inward preparation whose true completion is release into that highest state.