Shloka 103
अविद्याबीज-निरूपणं, योगस्वरूप-उपदेशः, मूर्तहरिधारणा-समाधि, जनकवंशीय-राजर्षिसंवादः
तत्रैकान्तरतिर् भूत्वा यमादिगुणशोधितः विष्ण्वाख्ये निर्मले ब्रह्मण्य् अवाप नृपतिर् लयम्
tatraikāntaratir bhūtvā yamādiguṇaśodhitaḥ viṣṇvākhye nirmale brahmaṇy avāpa nṛpatir layam
There, absorbed in single-minded inner contemplation and purified by the disciplines beginning with yama, the king attained dissolution—merging into the stainless Brahman known as Viṣṇu.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How yogic discipline and ekānta-bhakti culminate in ātyantika-laya (mokṣa).
Teaching: Philosophical
Quality: revealing
Concept: Purified by yama and allied disciplines, single-minded absorption leads to final dissolution in the pure Brahman identified as Viṣṇu.
Vedantic Theme: Moksha
Application: Adopt ethical restraints (non-harming, truthfulness, etc.) as the foundation for meditation, aiming at steady inner absorption rather than mere ritualism.
Vishishtadvaita: Brahman is explicitly ‘Viṣṇu-named’ (viṣṇv-ākhya), supporting the Vishishtadvaita insistence that the Absolute is the Supreme Person, not a featureless void.
Dharma Exemplar: Yoga-niyama (ethical discipline)
Key Kings: Khāṇḍikya
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
This verse treats yama-ādi (ethical restraints and related disciplines) as the purifier of one’s qualities, preparing the mind for single-pointed absorption that culminates in liberation.
Parāśara frames moksha as laya—final absorption—attained when exclusive inner devotion (ekānta-rati) is stabilized through prior purification and self-restraint.
Vishnu is identified with the “spotless Brahman,” indicating that the supreme reality into which the liberated one dissolves is not abstract but explicitly named as Viṣṇu in this Vaishnava puranic vision.