Shloka 8
स्वर्गगमनम्, अदितिस्तुतिः-मायातत्त्वम्, तथा पारिजात-प्रसङ्गे इन्द्रयुद्धम्
सितदीर्घादिनिःशेषकल्पनापरिवर्जित जन्मादिभिर् असंस्पृष्ट स्वप्नादिपरिवर्जित
sitadīrghādiniḥśeṣakalpanāparivarjita janmādibhir asaṃspṛṣṭa svapnādiparivarjita
He is untouched by every fabricated notion such as “white,” “tall,” and the like; untainted by birth and all that follows from embodiment; and free from the conditions of dream and the rest—ever beyond limiting states and imagined attributes.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Concept: The Lord is untouched by imagined predicates (color, size), by birth and embodied conditions, and by states like dream—free from limiting upādhis.
Vedantic Theme: Maya
Application: In self-inquiry and devotion, negate limiting projections onto the divine and oneself; cultivate remembrance of the Lord as beyond mental constructs and changing states.
Vishishtadvaita: Supports the distinction between the Lord’s svarūpa (unchanging) and contingent limiting adjuncts (upādhis) without denying His immanence elsewhere in the text.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
It teaches that the Supreme (Vishnu) cannot be captured by sensory descriptions or mental constructs; such predicates belong to limited objects, not the Absolute.
By stating that the Supreme is “asaṃspṛṣṭa”—untouched by birth and its consequences—Parāśara distinguishes Vishnu from embodied beings subject to change and decay.
It emphasizes Vishnu’s sovereignty over all conditions of consciousness; He is not a mind-bound experiencer but the transcendent ground of all states.