Shloka 76
अविद्याबीज-निरूपणं, योगस्वरूप-उपदेशः, मूर्तहरिधारणा-समाधि, जनकवंशीय-राजर्षिसंवादः
शुभाश्रयः स चित्तस्य सर्वगस्य तथात्मनः त्रिभावभावनातीतो मुक्तये योगिनां नृप
śubhāśrayaḥ sa cittasya sarvagasya tathātmanaḥ tribhāvabhāvanātīto muktaye yogināṃ nṛpa
O King, He is the auspicious refuge of the mind—the all-pervading One, the very Self; beyond contemplation of the three states, He is the means of liberation for yogins.
Sage Parāśara
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Means of liberation for yogins; the proper refuge beyond the mind and the three states (waking/dream/deep sleep).
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: authoritative
Concept: Liberation arises by taking the all-pervading Self (Vishnu) as refuge, transcending identification with the three experiential states.
Vedantic Theme: Moksha
Application: Practice witness-consciousness over waking/dream/sleep and anchor meditation in the indwelling Lord rather than mental fluctuations.
Vishishtadvaita: Vishnu is the antaryāmin—immanent as the Self of all—yet also the transcendent refuge granting moksha.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Antaryamin: Yes
FAQs
This verse presents Vishnu as transcending all conditioned modes of experience; liberation arises when the yogin’s contemplation rises beyond the threefold state-bound conception and rests in the all-pervading Self.
Parāśara identifies the Supreme (Vishnu) as the mind’s auspicious refuge and the inner Self; orienting meditation toward Him—beyond state-based ideation—becomes the direct support for moksha.
Vishnu is affirmed as Sarvagata and Ātman—supreme, immanent, and salvific—so liberation is not merely psychological quietude but realization of (and surrender to) the Supreme Reality who pervades all.