Shloka 34
यद्य् अन्तरायदोषेण दूष्यते चास्य मानसम् जन्मान्तरैर् अभ्यसतो मुक्तिः पूर्वस्य जायते
yady antarāyadoṣeṇa dūṣyate cāsya mānasam janmāntarair abhyasato muktiḥ pūrvasya jāyate
Even if, through the fault of intervening obstacles, a seeker’s mind becomes tainted, liberation still arises from the former practice; for that discipline, cultivated and resumed across successive births, ripens at last into release.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How prior practice bears fruit despite obstacles; continuity of sādhana across births
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: compassionate
Concept: Even when practice is disrupted by obstacles and the mind becomes tainted, liberation can still mature from prior discipline continued over successive births.
Vedantic Theme: Karma
Application: Do not abandon practice after setbacks; resume steadily, trusting that cumulative effort reshapes character over time.
Vishishtadvaita: Sādhana’s continuity implies the jīva’s enduring identity as a real mode of Brahman; prior God-oriented discipline remains efficacious across embodiments until mokṣa.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
The verse teaches that impediments may temporarily cloud the mind, but they cannot erase the spiritual potency of prior practice; progress resumes and eventually culminates in liberation.
He presents moksha as the fruition of sustained abhyāsa: even when interrupted, the seeker’s earlier discipline carries forward through later births and ripens into freedom.
Within the Vishnu Purana’s Vaishnava framework, liberation is ultimately secured under Vishnu’s supreme order: sincere practice is preserved in its results and guided toward final release.