Shloka 87
आत्यन्तिक-लयहेतुः: तापत्रय-विवेचनम् तथा ‘भगवान्/वासुदेव’ शब्दार्थः
Threefold Suffering and the Path to Final Liberation; Meaning of Bhagavān and Vāsudeva
संज्ञायते येन तद् अस्तदोषं शुद्धं परं निर्मलम् एकरूपम् संदृश्यते वाप्य् अवगम्यते वा तज् ज्ञानम् अज्ञानम् अतो ऽन्यद् उक्तम्
saṃjñāyate yena tad astadoṣaṃ śuddhaṃ paraṃ nirmalam ekarūpam saṃdṛśyate vāpy avagamyate vā taj jñānam ajñānam ato 'nyad uktam
То, посредством чего Высшее поистине познаётся—безупречное, чистое, запредельное, незапятнанное и единосущное,—будь то непосредственным созерцанием или внутренним постижением, лишь это называется знанием. Всё иное объявлено неведением.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Teaching: Philosophical
Quality: revealing
Concept: Knowledge is that by which the faultless, pure, stainless, one Supreme Reality is truly known—by direct vision or inner realization; all else is ignorance.
Vedantic Theme: Moksha
Application: Practice viveka by testing whether an insight leads to stable realization of the Supreme; treat distractions and merely worldly learning as secondary.
Vishishtadvaita: Defines true jñāna as God-realization (not mere abstraction), aligning liberation with knowing the one pure Lord who is the object of realization.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
This verse defines knowledge as that which leads to realization of the faultless, pure, supreme One; everything else—mere worldly learning without that realization—is classed as ignorance.
Parāśara states that knowledge is whatever enables direct vision or clear realization of the Supreme Reality; any cognition that does not culminate in that recognition is termed ajñāna (ignorance).
Vishnu is presented as the Supreme, defectless, and stainless Reality (Para Brahman); knowing Him—by vision or realization—is the Purana’s criterion for genuine spiritual knowledge.