Shloka 74
अविद्याबीज-निरूपणं, योगस्वरूप-उपदेशः, मूर्तहरिधारणा-समाधि, जनकवंशीय-राजर्षिसंवादः
यथाग्निर् उद्धतशिखः कक्षं दहति सानिलः तथा चित्तस्थितो विष्णुर् योगिनां सर्वकिल्बिषम्
yathāgnir uddhataśikhaḥ kakṣaṃ dahati sānilaḥ tathā cittasthito viṣṇur yogināṃ sarvakilbiṣam
As a fire with leaping flames, fanned by the wind, burns up dry brushwood, so Vishnu—when established within the mind—consumes every taint and sin of the yogins.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Concept: When Vishnu is firmly established in the mind, He burns away the yogin’s sins like wind-fed fire consuming dry brushwood.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Use mantra-japa and steady recollection (smaraṇa) to ‘seat’ the Lord in the mind; let repeated remembrance dissolve habitual guilt, anger, and craving.
Vishishtadvaita: Emphasizes grace operating within the mind: the Lord as indwelling purifier, not merely an external judge, aligning inner transformation with divine presence.
Vishnu Form: Hari
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Antaryamin: Yes
FAQs
It teaches that liberation is catalyzed by inner absorption in Vishnu; when the mind becomes His seat through yoga, impurities are destroyed at their root.
He uses the analogy of wind-fanned fire consuming dry brushwood to show that concentrated meditation on Vishnu rapidly burns away all defilements of the yogin.
Vishnu is presented as the Supreme Reality and inner purifier—His presence in consciousness is not merely symbolic but the effective power that dissolves sin and leads toward moksha.