Agni Purana — Yoga & Brahma-vidya, Shloka 15
Chapter 376 — ब्रह्मज्ञानम्
Knowledge of Brahman
स्थूलसूक्ष्मशरीराख्यद्वयस्यैकं हि कारणं आत्मा ज्ञानञ्च साभासं तदध्याहृतमुच्यते
sthūlasūkṣmaśarīrākhyadvayasyaikaṃ hi kāraṇaṃ ātmā jñānañca sābhāsaṃ tadadhyāhṛtamucyate
Para el par llamado cuerpo burdo (sthūla) y cuerpo sutil (sūkṣma), la causa única es en verdad el Ātman; y la cognición junto con su apariencia o reflejo (ābhāsa) se dice que es superpuesta (adhyāsa), es decir, atribuida erróneamente a Él.
Lord Agni (teaching to Sage Vasiṣṭha, in the standard Agni Purana dialogue frame)
Primary Rasa: Shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: स्थूलसूक्ष्मशरीराख्यद्वयस्य = स्थूल+सूक्ष्म+शरीर+आख्य+द्वयस्य; ज्ञानञ्च = ज्ञानम् + च; साभासं = स + आभासम्; तदध्याहृतमुच्यते = तत् + अध्याहृतम् + उच्यते.
FAQs
It imparts Vedāntic Atma-vidyā: the gross and subtle bodies are traced to the Self as the underlying cause, while ‘knowledge-with-appearance’ is treated as an adhyāropa (superimposed attribution) rather than the Self’s true nature.
Beyond rituals and dharma, the Agni Purana also preserves compact Vedānta-style technical doctrines (śarīra-dvaya, ābhāsa, adhyāropa), showing its scope as a multi-disciplinary compendium that includes liberation philosophy.
By distinguishing the Self from body and superimposed cognition, the verse supports disidentification (vairāgya) and right knowledge (jñāna), which are presented in mokṣa contexts as purifying ignorance and reducing bondage-producing attachment.