Shloka 126
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
अथ नेच्छति रागात्मा सर्व तदधितिष्ठति । यच्च प्रार्थयते तच्च मनसा प्रतिपद्यते
atha necchati rāgātmā sarva tad adhitiṣṭhati | yac ca prārthayate tac ca manasā pratipadyate ||
Virūpa said: If a person, whose inner nature is colored by attachment, does not wish to attain the attributeless Brahman, then he comes to preside over all those meritorious heavenly realms; and whatever object he seeks, he obtains it at once through the power of his mind.
विरूप उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment (rāga) determines the direction of spiritual striving: if one does not seek nirguṇa-brahman (liberation), the fruits of merit and mental power manifest as rulership over heavenly realms and swift fulfillment of desired objects—yet this remains within saṃsāra rather than mokṣa.
Virūpa is explaining a conditional outcome of a seeker’s intention: a desire-driven person who turns away from the goal of attributeless Brahman instead gains exalted enjoyments—lordship over puṇya-lokas and immediate attainment of wished-for objects through the mind.