Shloka 20
ऋभु-निदाघ-संवादः — अधः-ऊर्ध्व-दृष्टान्तेन अद्वैतबोधः (राजा-गज-उपमा) तथा मोक्षफलश्रुति
सर्वभूतान्य् अभेदेन ददृशे स तदात्मनः तथा ब्रह्म ततो मुक्तिम् अवाप परमां द्विजः
sarvabhūtāny abhedena dadṛśe sa tadātmanaḥ tathā brahma tato muktim avāpa paramāṃ dvijaḥ
ആ ദ്വിജ മുനി സർവ്വഭൂതങ്ങളെയും ഭേദമില്ലാതെ—തന്നുടെ ആത്മസ്വരൂപമായിട്ടു തന്നെ—കണ്ടു; അതുപോലെ ബ്രഹ്മത്തെ സാക്ഷാത്കരിച്ച്, തുടർന്ന് പരമമുക്തി പ്രാപിച്ചു।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Concept: When all beings are seen as non-different from the Self and Brahman is realized accordingly, supreme liberation is attained.
Vedantic Theme: Moksha
Application: Practice seeing the same divine Self in others through daily reflection, reduced reactivity, and compassionate conduct; let this vision guide choices.
Vishishtadvaita: A Vaiṣṇava-Viśiṣṭādvaita reading can take 'abheda-darśana' as inseparability (apr̥thak-siddhi): all selves and matter exist as modes of Brahman, the indwelling Lord (antaryāmin), yielding liberation through God-centered realization.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Antaryamin: Yes
FAQs
This verse presents abheda-darśana—perceiving all beings as grounded in one Self—as the direct vision that culminates in supreme liberation.
Parāśara frames moksha as the fruit of realized knowledge: when one recognizes Brahman and sees the same Self in all beings, liberation naturally follows.
In the Vishnu Purana’s Vaishnava framework, Brahman is not an abstract principle divorced from divinity; it points to the Supreme Reality identified with Vishnu as the inner ruler and ground of all existence.