Shloka 9
मायामोह-प्रवर्तन, वेदमार्ग-बहिष्कार, तथा पाषण्ड-संसर्ग-दोषः
Māyāmoha’s Delusion, Rejection of the Vedic Path, and the Fault of Heretical Association
धर्मायैतद् अधर्माय सद् एतन् न सद् इत्य् अपि विमुक्तये त्व् इदं नैतद् विमुक्तिं संप्रयच्छति
dharmāyaitad adharmāya sad etan na sad ity api vimuktaye tv idaṃ naitad vimuktiṃ saṃprayacchati
The very same thing is called “for dharma” and “for adharma”; it is declared “real,” and also “not real.” Yet, though it is spoken of as “for liberation,” this—by itself—does not truly bestow liberation.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How contradictory labels (dharma/adharma, sat/asat, mokṣa) were used to confuse the Daityas
Teaching: Philosophical
Quality: revealing
Concept: Contradictory predications about dharma and reality, even when dressed as ‘liberation-teaching,’ do not by themselves grant mokṣa.
Vedantic Theme: Moksha
Application: Seek teachings that transform conduct and God-centered realization, not merely semantic inversions; evaluate whether a doctrine yields vairāgya, bhakti, and steadiness in dharma.
Vishishtadvaita: Mokṣa is Bhagavad-anugraha-sādhya and śāstra-sādhya; it is not produced by verbal constructs but by true knowledge and devotion to the personal Brahman.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
This verse highlights that actions or teachings can be framed as righteous or unrighteous depending on intention, context, and understanding—so mere naming is unreliable without true discernment.
Parāśara indicates that proclaiming something as “for liberation” is not enough; liberation requires the genuine transforming insight and right orientation that the tradition ultimately anchors in the Supreme Reality.
The verse implicitly points beyond relativistic labels toward the stable, supreme ground of truth—Vishnu as the ultimate reality—without whom “liberation” remains a concept rather than an attained state.