Shloka 23
यमस्य अधिकारभङ्गः — वैष्णवस्य लक्षणम्
Freedom from Yama through Hari-śaraṇāgati
स्फटिकगिरिशिलामलः क्व विष्णुर् मनसि नृणां क्व च मत्सरादिदोषः न हि तुहिनमयूखरश्मिपुञ्जे भवति हुताशनदीप्तिजः प्रतापः
sphaṭikagiriśilāmalaḥ kva viṣṇur manasi nṛṇāṃ kva ca matsarādidoṣaḥ na hi tuhinamayūkharaśmipuñje bhavati hutāśanadīptijaḥ pratāpaḥ
മനുഷ്യരുടെ മനസ്സിൽ സ്ഫടികപർവ്വതശിലപോലെ നിർമലനായ വിഷ്ണു വസിക്കുമ്പോൾ, അതേ മനസ്സിൽ അസൂയ മുതലായ ദോഷങ്ങൾ എങ്ങനെ നിലനിൽക്കും? തണുത്ത ചന്ദ്രകിരണങ്ങളുടെ കൂമ്പാരത്തിൽ അഗ്നിജന്യമായ ദഹനപ്രഭ ഒരിക്കലും ഉണ്ടാകില്ലല്ലോ.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Concept: If Viṣṇu—spotless like crystal—abides in the mind, jealousy and allied vices cannot co-exist there, just as fire’s scorching heat cannot arise from cool moonbeams.
Vedantic Theme: Atman
Application: Use the ‘incompatibility test’: when jealousy arises, intentionally re-center on the Lord through nāma-smaraṇa until the mind cools and clears.
Vishishtadvaita: Affirms the Lord’s immanence as purifier: divine indwelling transforms the jīva’s mental modes rather than dissolving the jīva’s distinct identity.
Vishnu Form: Narayana
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Antaryamin: Yes
FAQs
This verse treats matsara as a प्रमुख दोष (primary inner fault) that cannot coexist with genuine Vishnu-smṛti (remembrance of Vishnu), implying envy dissolves when the mind is anchored in the Supreme.
Parāśara uses an incompatibility metaphor: as fire’s scorching heat cannot arise from cool moonbeams, so too jealousy and related दोष cannot persist where Vishnu—utterly pure—truly abides in the mind.
Vishnu is presented as the stainless, all-pervading Supreme whose presence purifies consciousness; devotion is not merely emotional but transformative, displacing passions with divine clarity.