Shloka 97

अविद्याबीज-निरूपणं, योगस्वरूप-उपदेशः, मूर्तहरिधारणा-समाधि, जनकवंशीय-राजर्षिसंवादः

Devanagari script

कथिते योगसद्भावे सर्वम् एव कृतं मम तवोपदेशेनाशेषो नष्टश् चित्तमलो यतः

Transliteration

kathite yogasadbhāve sarvam eva kṛtaṃ mama tavopadeśenāśeṣo naṣṭaś cittamalo yataḥ

Translation

Now that you have explained the true nature of Yoga, all has been accomplished for me; for by your instruction the entire impurity of my mind has been destroyed.

Word by Word

• कथिते: when it was told
• कथिते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथ् (धातु) → कथित (कृदन्त)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) — ‘when/after (it is) told’ (locative absolute sense)

• योगसद्भावे: in the true nature of yoga
• योगसद्भावे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक) + सद्भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yogasya sadbhāvaḥ)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic)

• कृतम्: has been done
• कृतम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः — ‘has been done’

• मम: by me / of me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• उपदेशेन: by (your) instruction
• उपदेशेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (singular)

• अशेषः: entire
• अशेषः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular)

• नष्टः: has been destroyed
• नष्टः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु) → नष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि-भावः — ‘is destroyed/has perished’

• चित्तमलः: the impurity of the mind
• चित्तमलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (cittasya malaḥ)

• यतः: because
• यतः: Avyaya (Causal/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक (causal) — ‘since/because’

Speaker

Maitreya (addressing Sage Parāśara)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Liberation-giving yoga and the nature of reality beyond egoic appropriation

Teaching: Philosophical

Quality: reassuring and purificatory

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Right instruction in yoga destroys mental impurity and completes the seeker’s aim.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Treat authentic guidance and disciplined practice as a means to reduce ego-driven reactivity and cultivate steady clarity.

Vishishtadvaita: Liberation is received through right knowledge/discipline under a teacher, with the self’s impurities removed so it can relate rightly to the Supreme.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Maitreya
• Sage Parāśara

FAQs

What is the significance of ‘yoga-sadbhāva’ (the true nature of Yoga) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames Yoga as liberating knowledge-practice that purifies the mind completely, making spiritual attainment ‘accomplished’ through correct understanding received from a teacher.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the path of inner purification to Maitreya?

In the dialogue structure, Parāśara’s instruction is presented as transformative: right teaching removes ‘citta-mala’ (mental impurity), implying that knowledge guided by discipline culminates in clarity fit for realization.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Vishnu Purana’s Yoga teaching is oriented toward the Supreme Reality—Vishnu—as the ultimate ground of liberation, with mental purification as the means to steadfast devotion and realization.