Shloka 53
अविद्याबीज-निरूपणं, योगस्वरूप-उपदेशः, मूर्तहरिधारणा-समाधि, जनकवंशीय-राजर्षिसंवादः
प्रत्यस्तमितभेदं यत् सत्तामात्रम् अगोचरम् वचसाम् आत्मसंवेद्यं तज् ज्ञानं ब्रह्मसंज्ञितम्
pratyastamitabhedaṃ yat sattāmātram agocaram vacasām ātmasaṃvedyaṃ taj jñānaṃ brahmasaṃjñitam
ज्या ज्ञानात सर्व भेद निवळून जातात—केवळ सत्तामात्र उरते, जे वाणीच्या अगोचर असून आत्म्यात प्रत्यक्ष अनुभूत होते—तेच ज्ञान ‘ब्रह्म’ म्हणून ओळखले जाते.
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse states that Brahman is agocara—outside the reach of words and ordinary cognition—so it must be known through direct inner realization rather than description.
He defines true knowledge as that in which all perceived differences subside, leaving only pure existence, directly experienced by the Self (ātmasaṃvedya).
In the Vishnu Purana’s Vedantic frame, Brahman ultimately aligns with the Supreme Reality identified with Vishnu—transcending speech and difference while being the basis of all being.