Shloka 23
Jñāna-hetu-nirūpaṇa
On the Causes/Means of Knowledge
यदा विजानाति हरे मुरारे अप्राप्तलब्धेति तदोच्यते हरः / ममापि लोकं च यदा मुरारे तदा विजानाति तव स्वरूपम्
yadā vijānāti hare murāre aprāptalabdheti tadocyate haraḥ / mamāpi lokaṃ ca yadā murāre tadā vijānāti tava svarūpam
အို ဟရီ၊ အို မုရာရီ—မရရှိသေးသောအရာကို ပေးတော်မူသူ၊ ရရှိပြီးသောအရာကိုလည်း ချီးမြှင့်တော်မူသူဟု သိမြင်လာသောအခါ ထိုအရှင်ကို «ဟရ» ဟု ခေါ်ဆိုကြ၏။ ထို့ပြင် အို မုရာရီ—ကျွန်ုပ်၏ လောကကိုပါ သိမြင်လာသောအခါ သင်၏ အတ္တသဘော (स्वरूप) ကို အမှန်တကယ် သိမြင်လာ၏။
Lord Vishnu (Hari/Murari), in dialogue context with Garuda (Vinata-putra)
Concept: Grace as the revealer and bestower: Hari grants what was unattained and stabilizes what is gained; deeper comprehension of divine reality arises through recognizing the Lord’s dispensation and the structure of realms under Him.
Vedantic Theme: Ishvara as sarva-karana and sarva-niyanta; knowledge of tattva is inseparable from prasada (anugraha) and from understanding the order (loka-vyavastha) governed by the Supreme.
Application: Cultivate gratitude and surrender (sharanagati): interpret gains and unexpected attainments as occasions for remembrance; study cosmological/ontological teachings as supports for devotion rather than mere information.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana (general): Vishnu-stuti passages emphasizing prasada as the cause of jnana and moksha; Garuda Purana (general): cosmology/loka descriptions used as ladders to tattva-jijnasa
FAQs
Here, 'Hara' is explained as the One recognized as removing lack and granting attainment—pointing to the divine power that takes away deficiency and bestows fulfillment.
It emphasizes jñāna-bhakti: realizing the Lord’s role as remover and giver, and understanding the divine order of realms (loka), as a way to comprehend the Lord’s true nature—knowledge that supports liberation-oriented living.
Cultivate devotion with discernment: see life’s gains and losses as governed by a higher moral-spiritual order, and practice dharmic conduct and remembrance of the Divine as the remover of inner deficiency (ignorance, fear, attachment).