Shloka 46
Cosmic Appointments, Viṣṇu’s Vibhūtis, Fourfold Operation, and the Symbolism of Ornaments and Weapons
उभयोस् त्व् अविभागेन साध्यसाधनयोर् हि यत् विज्ञानम् अद्वैतमयं तद्भागो ऽन्यो मयोदितः
ubhayos tv avibhāgena sādhyasādhanayor hi yat vijñānam advaitamayaṃ tadbhāgo 'nyo mayoditaḥ
But that knowledge which, by seeing no division between the two—means and end, practice and attainment—shines as wholly non-dual: that is another aspect, which I have now declared.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: A further aspect of knowledge: non-dual insight that does not separate means and end
Teaching: Philosophical
Quality: revealing
Concept: The highest knowledge is that in which means and goal are apprehended without division, shining as advaita—an undivided vision.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Practice ‘single-pointed’ contemplation where discipline and realization are not treated as separate trophies—let practice itself be suffused with the presence of the Real.
Vishishtadvaita: Even where ‘advaita’ language appears, the Purāṇic context typically orients it to the Supreme Lord as the one all-pervading Reality, preserving devotional theism (unity without negating the Lord’s supremacy).
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
It defines the highest realization as a state where the seeker no longer perceives a split between spiritual practice (means) and liberation (end), because knowledge is direct and undivided.
He presents a level of insight (vijñāna) in which the two are understood as inseparable—practice culminates in, and is not different from, the realized state.
In Ansha 6’s moksha-teachings, such non-dual realization is ultimately grounded in the Supreme Reality that the Purana upholds—Vishnu as the final truth toward which knowledge and liberation converge.