Agni Purana — Yoga & Brahma-vidya, Shloka 36
Chapter 381 — यमगीता
Yama-gītā
आत्मानं मन्यते ब्रह्म जीवो ज्ञानेन नान्यथा जीवो ह्य् अज्ञानतत्कार्यमुक्तः स्यादजरामरः
ātmānaṃ manyate brahma jīvo jñānena nānyathā jīvo hy ajñānatatkāryamuktaḥ syādajarāmaraḥ
Por el conocimiento verdadero, el jīva se reconoce a sí mismo como Brahman y no de otro modo. Pues el jīva, una vez liberado de la ignorancia (avidyā) y de los efectos producidos por ella, se vuelve ajara-amara: sin decadencia y sin muerte.
Lord Agni (teaching to Sage Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purana’s instructional dialogue)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: नान्यथा = न अन्यथा; ह्य् = हि; अज्ञानतत्कार्यमुक्तः = अज्ञान-तत्-कार्य-मुक्तः; स्यादजरामरः = स्यात् अजरा-मरः.
FAQs
It imparts jñāna-vidyā (Vedāntic Self-knowledge): liberation arises by realizing the jīva’s identity with Brahman and by removing avidyā along with its consequential bondage.
Alongside ritual, temple practice, polity, and other sciences, the Agni Purana also preserves a compact Vedānta-style mokṣa teaching—showing its scope as an encyclopedia that includes metaphysics and soteriology.
It states that freedom is not merely from suffering but from the root-cause (ignorance) and its karmic effects; the result is ajara-amara status—symbolizing mokṣa beyond birth, decay, and death.