Shloka 16

ऋभु-निदाघ-संवादः — अधः-ऊर्ध्व-दृष्टान्तेन अद्वैतबोधः (राजा-गज-उपमा) तथा मोक्षफलश्रुति

Devanagari script

नान्यस्याद्वैतसंस्कारसंस्कृतं मानसं तथा यथाचार्यस्य तेन त्वां मन्ये प्राप्तम् अहं गुरुम्

Transliteration

nānyasyādvaitasaṃskārasaṃskṛtaṃ mānasaṃ tathā yathācāryasya tena tvāṃ manye prāptam ahaṃ gurum

Translation

Je ne vois en nul autre un esprit aussi affiné par les disciplines de la sagesse non-duelle que chez un véritable ācārya; c’est pourquoi je te tiens pour le Guru que j’ai obtenu.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• अन्यस्य: of another
• अन्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; विशेषण-प्रयोग (genitive: 'of another')

• अद्वैत-संस्कार-संस्कृतम्: refined by the discipline of non-duality
• अद्वैत-संस्कार-संस्कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्वैत (प्रातिपदिक) + संस्कार (प्रातिपदिक) + संस्कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ (धातु) + सम् उपसर्ग, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण ('purified/formed'); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अद्वैतस्य संस्कारः → अद्वैतसंस्कारः; तेन संस्कृतम्)

• मानसम्: mind
• मानसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (thus/so; also)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारार्थक (as/just as)

• आचार्यस्य: of the teacher
• आचार्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तेन: by that (therefore)
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मन्ये: I consider
• मन्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• प्राप्तम्: having attained
• प्राप्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त (कृदन्त; √आप् (धातु) + प्र उपसर्ग, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; (त्वाम्) विशेषण—'having obtained/reached'

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गुरुम्: a teacher; guru
• गुरुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Maitreya (addressing Sage Parāśara as his Guru)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The true guru is recognized by a mind purified and matured by the discipline of non-dual wisdom.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Seek teachers whose conduct and understanding show steadiness, humility, and clarity, and approach them with sincere discipleship.

Vishishtadvaita: Even when 'advaita' language is used, the Purana frames liberation as attained through right knowledge received in a disciplic relationship, consistent with grace-mediated realization.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Guru (Ācārya)
• Maitreya
• Parāśara

FAQs

What is the significance of the Guru in the Vishnu Purana’s moksha teachings?

This verse frames the Guru as the living standard of a mind purified by liberating insight; such a teacher is recognized as essential for steady knowledge leading toward liberation.

How does the Vishnu Purana describe the preparation for non-dual realization (advaita-saṃskāra)?

Here it is portrayed as a deep mental refinement—an inner formation of consciousness—so complete that it becomes the hallmark of an authentic ācārya.

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

In the Moksha-focused book, purification and right instruction are presented as the pathway to realizing the Supreme Reality; in Vaishnava framing, that highest reality is ultimately oriented toward Vishnu as the supreme truth.