Shloka 30
परमार्थ-निर्णयः—श्रेयस्-भेदः, कर्म-ध्यान-सीमा, एकात्मदर्शनम्
परज्ञानमयो ऽसद्भिर् नामजात्यादिभिर् विभुः न योगवान् न युक्तो ऽभून् नैव पार्थिव योक्ष्यति
parajñānamayo 'sadbhir nāmajātyādibhir vibhuḥ na yogavān na yukto 'bhūn naiva pārthiva yokṣyati
परज्ञानमयो विभुः सर्वव्यापी भगवान्; असद्भिर्नामजात्यादिभिरध्यस्तः। न कदाचिद्योगवान् न युक्तोऽभूत्; हे राजन्, न कदापि बध्यते।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; the verse addresses a kingly listener as 'pārthiva' in the line)
Concept: The all-pervading Lord is pure consciousness and is never truly bound by superimposed distinctions like name and social identity.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Practice viveka by noticing and dropping identity-labels (name/status) in meditation and daily reactions, returning attention to witnessing awareness.
Vishishtadvaita: Affirms the Lord’s transcendence of limiting upādhis while maintaining His all-pervasive reality (vibhu), compatible with an immanent yet unbound Brahman.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
The verse treats nāma and jāti as unreal superimpositions—labels projected onto the all-pervading Lord—showing that such distinctions do not define Vishnu’s true nature.
Parāśara frames bondage as attachment to limiting adjuncts; Vishnu, being para-jñāna itself, is never truly 'yukta' (joined) to them—thus He was not bound in the past and will not be bound in the future.
Vishnu is affirmed as vibhu—supreme, all-pervading consciousness—transcending worldly classifications, supporting the Purana’s vision of Vishnu as the ultimate, unconditioned ground of reality.