Agni Purana — Yoga & Brahma-vidya, Shloka 11
Adhyāya 379 — अद्वैतब्रह्मविज्ञानम्
Advaita-brahma-vijñāna
अहं त्वञ्च तथान्ये च भूतैरुह्याम पार्थिव गुणप्रवाहपतितो गुणवर्गो हि यात्ययं
ahaṃ tvañca tathānye ca bhūtairuhyāma pārthiva guṇapravāhapatito guṇavargo hi yātyayaṃ
ഹേ പാർത്ഥിവാ! ഞാനും നീയും മറ്റുള്ളവരും ദേഹഭൂതതത്ത്വങ്ങളാൽ വഹിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. ഗുണപ്രവാഹത്തിൽ പതിച്ച ഈ ഗുണസമൂഹം നിശ്ചയമായും മുന്നോട്ടു നീങ്ങുന്നു.
Lord Agni (instructing a royal interlocutor, addressed as 'pārthiva')
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Philosophy","secondary_vidya":"Cosmology","practical_application":"Cultivates viveka (discrimination) by seeing embodied life as guṇa-driven flow; supports detachment and ethical steadiness in action.","sutra_style":true}
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Alamkara Type: Rūpaka
Concept: Saṃsāra as guṇa-pravāha: the guṇa-aggregate, entangled in guṇas, is carried onward; the embodied sense of ‘I/you’ is conditioned by bhūtas and guṇas.
Application: Practice witness-attitude (sākṣitva), reduce blame/praise fixation, and apply discrimination between Self and guṇa-made personality.
Khanda Section: Sāṅkhya / Guṇa-traya and Metaphysics (Puruṣa–Prakṛti, bondage through guṇas)
Primary Rasa: Shanta
Secondary Rasa: Adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A king listening to a sage who points to a river-like current labeled ‘guṇas’, carrying human figures formed of the five elements; above, a calm luminous Self remains untouched.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala temple mural, sage and king in a forest āśrama, stylized river of three colored streams (white sattva, red rajas, dark tamas) carrying elemental-bodied figures, flat decorative foliage, traditional pigments, serene śānta mood","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting, central seated sage with halo, king with folded hands, gold-leaf accents on the three guṇa-streams and elemental symbols (earth, water, fire, air, ether), ornate borders, devotional-philosophical tableau","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting, instructional diagram-like composition: three guṇa currents with labels, small figures drifting, sage explaining to king, delicate lines, muted palette, emphasis on clarity and didactic layout","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, courtly king with sage by a river, fine detailing of garments and landscape, symbolic colored currents representing guṇas, small drifting figures, subtle allegorical composition"}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"contemplative"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: त्वञ्च = त्वम् + च; तथान्ये = तथा + अन्ये; भूतैरुह्याम = भूतैः + उह्याम; यात्ययं = याति + अयम्.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 379.12; Agni Purana 379.13; Agni Purana 379.14
FAQs
It imparts Sāṅkhya-style metaphysical knowledge: embodied beings are propelled by the five elements and the ongoing current of the three guṇas, which drives worldly experience and change.
Alongside ritual, polity, and other sciences, the Agni Purana also preserves systematic philosophical instruction (guṇa-traya, bhūta-theory, bondage), showing its coverage of core Indian metaphysics in addition to practical disciplines.
By recognizing that the guṇas and elements propel the embodied condition, one cultivates detachment and discrimination (viveka), a prerequisite for reducing karmic entanglement and moving toward liberation.