Shloka 91
अविद्याबीज-निरूपणं, योगस्वरूप-उपदेशः, मूर्तहरिधारणा-समाधि, जनकवंशीय-राजर्षिसंवादः
तस्यैव कल्पनाहीनं स्वरूपग्रहणं हि यत् मनसा ध्याननिष्पाद्यं समाधिः सो ऽभिधीयते
tasyaiva kalpanāhīnaṃ svarūpagrahaṇaṃ hi yat manasā dhyānaniṣpādyaṃ samādhiḥ so 'bhidhīyate
மனம் தியானத்தின் மூலம் கற்பனைச் சேர்க்கையின்றி அவருடைய இயல்பையே மட்டும் பற்றிக் கொள்ளும் போது, அந்த நிலை ‘சமாதி’ என அழைக்கப்படுகிறது।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
Here, samādhi is defined as the mind’s meditative absorption in Vishnu’s true nature, free from imaginative constructs—presented as a direct means toward liberation.
Parāśara states that dhyāna ‘accomplishes’ samādhi by steadying the mind until it holds only the object’s svarūpa, without conceptual overlay.
Vishnu is treated as the Supreme Reality whose essential nature is fit for contemplation; samādhi is framed as absorption in Him, aligning yogic practice with Vaishnava theism.