Shloka 14

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

Devanagari script

कलेवरोपभोग्यं हि गृहक्षेत्रादिकं च कः अदेहे ह्य् आत्मनि प्राज्ञो ममेदम् इति मन्यते

Transliteration

kalevaropabhogyaṃ hi gṛhakṣetrādikaṃ ca kaḥ adehe hy ātmani prājño mamedam iti manyate

Translation

ಮನೆ, ಹೊಲ ಮೊದಲಾದವು ದೇಹದ ಉಪಭೋಗಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾತ್ರ; ದೇಹರಹಿತ ಆತ್ಮನ ಕುರಿತು ಯಾವ ಪ್ರಾಜ್ಞನು ‘ಇದು ನನ್ನದು’ ಎಂದು ಭಾವಿಸುವನು?

Word by Word

कलेवरोपभोग्यम्enjoyable by the body

हिindeed

गृहक्षेत्रादिकम्house, land, and the like

चand

कःwho

अदेहेin the bodiless (state)

हिindeed

आत्मनिin the self

प्राज्ञःa wise person

ममmy

इदम्this

इतिthus

मन्यतेthinks, considers

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Atman (Self)

FAQs

What is the significance of detachment from property in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames property (house, land, etc.) as body-related enjoyment, urging the seeker to drop the sense of “mine” because the true Self is bodiless and cannot be an owner in a material sense.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the difference between the body and the Self here?

He implies that possessions belong to the sphere of the body’s experience, whereas the ātman is “adeha” (bodiless); wisdom lies in not transferring bodily claims onto the Self.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

By distinguishing the imperishable Self from perishable attachments, the teaching supports a Vishnu-centered liberation ethic: the soul turns from “mine-ness” toward the Supreme Reality who sustains cosmic order and grants release.