Shloka 37
Jñāna-hetu-nirūpaṇa
On the Causes/Means of Knowledge
ज्ञानं त्वृजूनां मोक्षकाले पिपञ्चवाय्वादीनां प्रलयेनाद्रादीर्न / वायोर्मम प्रलये सृष्टिकाले तथा गायत्र्या नास्तिनास्त्येव मोहः
jñānaṃ tvṛjūnāṃ mokṣakāle pipañcavāyvādīnāṃ pralayenādrādīrna / vāyormama pralaye sṛṣṭikāle tathā gāyatryā nāstināstyeva mohaḥ
సూటిగా నడిచే వారికి మోక్షకాలంలో యథార్థ జ్ఞానం ఉదయిస్తుంది. ప్రళయంలో పంచవాయువులు మొదలైనవి లయమై, పర్వతాదులు కూడా నశించినప్పుడు, ఆ మహాప్రళయంలోనూ మళ్లీ సృష్టికాలంలోనూ గాయత్రీ ప్రభావంతో మోహం లేదు—లేదనే లేదు.
Lord Vishnu (in dialogue with Garuda/Vinata-putra)
Concept: For the upright, true knowledge culminates at mokṣa; even amid pralaya and sṛṣṭi, Gāyatrī-power ensures absence of delusion.
Vedantic Theme: Liberation as the final stabilization of knowledge; mantra-śakti (Gāyatrī) as purifier/illuminator; dissolution as context for the imperishability of true insight.
Application: Daily Gāyatrī-japa with ethical uprightness; contemplate impermanence (pralaya imagery) to loosen attachment and stabilize liberating insight.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana 3.12.36 (gradation up to mokṣa)
FAQs
This verse presents Gāyatrī as a liberating vidyā that destroys moha (delusion), remaining effective even across pralaya and at the time of creation—symbolizing unwavering clarity of spiritual insight.
It frames liberation as the arising of jñāna for the righteous when the inner life-forces (five vāyus) are withdrawn; the soul’s freedom is shown as independent of cosmic cycles like dissolution and re-creation.
Cultivate upright conduct and steady mantra-based contemplation (especially Gāyatrī) to reduce delusion and strengthen discernment, aligning daily life with the goal of moksha.