Shloka 34
अविद्याबीज-निरूपणं, योगस्वरूप-उपदेशः, मूर्तहरिधारणा-समाधि, जनकवंशीय-राजर्षिसंवादः
यद्य् अन्तरायदोषेण दूष्यते चास्य मानसम् जन्मान्तरैर् अभ्यसतो मुक्तिः पूर्वस्य जायते
yady antarāyadoṣeṇa dūṣyate cāsya mānasam janmāntarair abhyasato muktiḥ pūrvasya jāyate
ഇടയിലുള്ള തടസ്സങ്ങളുടെ ദോഷം മൂലം അവന്റെ മനസ് മലിനമായാലും, മുൻ അഭ്യാസത്തിൽ നിന്നുതന്നെ മോക്ഷം ഉദിക്കുന്നു; കാരണം ജന്മാന്തരങ്ങളിലുടനീളം തുടരുന്ന ആ ശാസനം അവസാനം വിമോചനമായി പാകപ്പെടുന്നു।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How prior practice bears fruit despite obstacles; continuity of sādhana across births
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: compassionate
Concept: Even when practice is disrupted by obstacles and the mind becomes tainted, liberation can still mature from prior discipline continued over successive births.
Vedantic Theme: Karma
Application: Do not abandon practice after setbacks; resume steadily, trusting that cumulative effort reshapes character over time.
Vishishtadvaita: Sādhana’s continuity implies the jīva’s enduring identity as a real mode of Brahman; prior God-oriented discipline remains efficacious across embodiments until mokṣa.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
The verse teaches that impediments may temporarily cloud the mind, but they cannot erase the spiritual potency of prior practice; progress resumes and eventually culminates in liberation.
He presents moksha as the fruition of sustained abhyāsa: even when interrupted, the seeker’s earlier discipline carries forward through later births and ripens into freedom.
Within the Vishnu Purana’s Vaishnava framework, liberation is ultimately secured under Vishnu’s supreme order: sincere practice is preserved in its results and guided toward final release.