Shloka 27
Brahmāṇḍa-Āvaraṇa Nirūpaṇa, Virajā-Setu, and Prākṛta–Vaikṛta Sṛṣṭi
तेपि प्रत्येकशः संति ह्यनन्ताश्च पृथग्गणाः / पृथक्पृथक् च तैः साकं मोक्षयोग्याः खगेश्वर
tepi pratyekaśaḥ saṃti hyanantāśca pṛthaggaṇāḥ / pṛthakpṛthak ca taiḥ sākaṃ mokṣayogyāḥ khageśvara
သူတို့လည်း တစ်ဦးချင်းစီ သီးသန့်ပုံစံဖြင့် တည်ရှိကြသည်—အမှန်တကယ် အနန္တအရေအတွက်ရှိ၍ အုပ်စုအလိုက် ခွဲခြားထားကြသည်။ အို ငှက်တို့၏အရှင် (ဂရုဍ)၊ ထိုသီးခြားအုပ်စုတို့နှင့်အတူ တစ်ဦးချင်းစီသည် မိမိနည်းလမ်းအလိုက် မောက္ခ (လွတ်မြောက်ခြင်း) အတွက် ယೋಗ್ಯဖြစ်လာသည်။
Lord Vishnu
Afterlife Stage: Moksha
Concept: Countless beings exist in distinct groupings; liberation-eligibility (mokṣa-yogyatā) can be differentiated according to their respective modes and collectives.
Vedantic Theme: Adhikāra-bheda and nānā-mārga (diversity of approaches) within an overarching teleology toward liberation; unity of goal with plurality of dispositions.
Application: Respect diversity of spiritual temperaments and disciplines; choose a path aligned with one’s nature while honoring others’ routes to inner freedom.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana enumerative cosmology of classes of beings and their destinies (general); Contextual continuation of Ṛjavas and Virajā-liberation eligibility in 3.10 (adjacent)
FAQs
This verse highlights that liberation-eligibility is not uniform; beings are innumerable and fall into distinct groupings, with each group having its own suitability and pathway toward moksha.
It indicates plurality in spiritual trajectories: souls are arranged in many categories, and their readiness for liberation operates according to their particular grouping and condition.
Avoid one-size-fits-all spiritual judgments; focus on cultivating dharma, discipline, and devotion appropriate to one’s stage and disposition, aiming steadily toward liberation.