Agni Purana — Yoga & Brahma-vidya, Shloka 32
Adhyāya 379 — अद्वैतब्रह्मविज्ञानम्
Advaita-brahma-vijñāna
पिण्डः पृथग् यतः पुंसः शिरःपाय्वादिलक्षणः ततो ऽहमिति कुत्रैतां संज्ञां राजन् करोम्यहं
piṇḍaḥ pṛthag yataḥ puṃsaḥ śiraḥpāyvādilakṣaṇaḥ tato 'hamiti kutraitāṃ saṃjñāṃ rājan karomyahaṃ
ಪುರುಷನ ದೇಹಪಿಂಡವು ಶಿರ, ಪಾಯು ಮೊದಲಾದ ಲಕ್ಷಣಗಳಿಂದ ವಿಭಿನ್ನವಾಗಿದೆ; ಹಾಗಾದರೆ ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ‘ನಾನು’ ಎಂಬ ಸಂಜ್ಞೆಯನ್ನು ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂಟಿಸಬೇಕು? ಓ ರಾಜನೇ, ನಾನು ಆ ಗುರುತನ್ನು ಹೇಗೆ ಮಾಡಲಿ?
Lord Agni (instructing a kingly interlocutor in self-knowledge)
Primary Rasa: Śānta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: ततोऽहमिति = ततः + अहम् + इति; कुत्रैताम् = कुत्र + एताम्; करोम्यहम् = करोमि + अहम्
FAQs
It imparts ātma-viveka (discriminative inquiry): the method of refusing to locate the ‘I’ in the body’s parts and functions, undermining ego-identification.
Alongside ritual, governance, and other sciences, the Agni Purana also preserves Vedantic self-analysis—showing it is not only a ritual manual but a compendium including philosophical psychology and liberation-teachings.
By weakening identification with the body, it supports detachment and right knowledge, which Purāṇic tradition treats as purifying and conducive to mokṣa-oriented conduct.