Shloka 40
अविद्याबीज-निरूपणं, योगस्वरूप-उपदेशः, मूर्तहरिधारणा-समाधि, जनकवंशीय-राजर्षिसंवादः
प्राणाख्यम् अनिलं वश्यम् अभ्यासात् कुरुते तु यत् प्राणायामः स विज्ञेयः सबीजो ऽबीज एव च
prāṇākhyam anilaṃ vaśyam abhyāsāt kurute tu yat prāṇāyāmaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ sabījo 'bīja eva ca
അഭ്യാസത്തിലൂടെ പ്രാണം എന്ന വായുവിനെ വശീകരിക്കുന്ന ശാസനയാണ് പ്രാണായാമം എന്നു അറിയപ്പെടുന്നത്; അത് ‘സബീജ’യും ‘അബീജ’യും എന്നിങ്ങനെ രണ്ടു രീതികളായി ഉപദേശിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
Here prāṇāyāma is defined as the disciplined mastery of the life-breath through sustained practice, presented as a core yogic means within the Moksha section that steadies the mind for higher realization.
He frames prāṇāyāma as having two forms: sabīja, supported by a “seed” (an object, intention, or focal support), and abīja, in which practice becomes supportless—subtler and more interior, oriented toward stillness.
Even when the verse speaks in yogic terms, it belongs to the Purana’s liberation-teaching where inner control and clarity ultimately serve devotion and realization of Vishnu as the Supreme Reality guiding cosmic order and the soul’s release.