Shloka 19
मैत्रेयप्रश्नः—पुराणसंहिताप्रतिज्ञा च
Maitreya’s Questions and Parāśara’s Resolve to Teach
स्वर्गापवर्गव्यासेधकारणं परमर्षयः वर्जयन्ति सदा क्रोधं तात मा तद्वशो भव
svargāpavargavyāsedhakāraṇaṃ paramarṣayaḥ varjayanti sadā krodhaṃ tāta mā tadvaśo bhava
Ó filho, a ira é a causa que obstrui e destrói tanto o céu (svarga) quanto a libertação (apavarga); por isso os supremos sábios sempre a renunciam. Não te deixes dominar por ela.
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse treats anger as a primary inner obstacle that blocks both worldly merit (svarga) and ultimate freedom (apavarga), so it must be consciously renounced.
Here, Parāśara frames liberation as dependent on inner discipline—specifically, not becoming controlled by anger, as the great sages model constant restraint.
Even when Vishnu is not named, the Purana’s Vaishnava framework implies that self-mastery and dharma purify the seeker for devotion and realization oriented toward the Supreme Reality upheld by Vishnu.