Shloka 27
अविद्याबीज-निरूपणं, योगस्वरूप-उपदेशः, मूर्तहरिधारणा-समाधि, जनकवंशीय-राजर्षिसंवादः
योगस्वरूपं खाण्डिक्य श्रूयतां गदतो मम यत्र स्थितो न च्यवते प्राप्य ब्रह्मलयं मुनिः
yogasvarūpaṃ khāṇḍikya śrūyatāṃ gadato mama yatra sthito na cyavate prāpya brahmalayaṃ muniḥ
O Khāṇḍikya, hear from me as I speak of the very nature of Yoga—that state in which, once established, the sage does not fall away, having attained absorption into Brahman (brahma-laya).
Sage Parāśara
Concept: Yoga is that steady establishment in which the muni, having attained brahma-laya, does not fall away from realization.
Vedantic Theme: Moksha
Application: Cultivate steadiness through daily meditation and ethical restraint so insight becomes stable rather than episodic.
Vishishtadvaita: Brahman-realization is presented as a stable state; in a Vaiṣṇava reading, this steadiness is secured by the Supreme’s sustaining grace rather than mere individual effort.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: shanta
FAQs
It denotes the yogin’s final absorption into the highest reality, described here as a state where one becomes firmly established and does not fall away.
He frames Yoga as a definitive inner state (svarūpa) that grants unwavering stability—once attained, the sage remains steady and reaches brahma-laya.
In the Vishnu Purana’s Vaishnava theology, the highest reality spoken of as Brahman is ultimately grounded in the Supreme; this verse presents Yoga as the means to that supreme, liberating absorption.