Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
दुर्वासा उवाच । यदेतत् परमं ब्रह्म वेदव्यासेषु पठ्यते । स देवः पुण्डरीकाक्षः स्वयं नारायणः परः ॥ ३९.१५ ॥
durvāsā uvāca | yad etat paramaṃ brahma vedavyāseṣu paṭhyate | sa devaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ svayaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ || 39.15 ||
దుర్వాసా పలికెను—వేదములలోను వ్యాసప్రణీత ఉపదేశములలోను పఠింపబడే ఆ పరబ్రహ్మ, అదే దేవుడు పుండరీకాక్షుడు; ఆయనే స్వయంగా పరమ నారాయణుడు.
Durvāsā
It illustrates a Purāṇic strategy of linking the philosophical term “Brahman” with a personalized theological referent (Nārāyaṇa), reflecting how later Sanskrit traditions harmonized Vedānta vocabulary with sectarian devotional frameworks while preserving the prestige of Vedic/Vyāsa textual authority.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily doctrinal, focusing on identifying the ‘supreme Brahman’ with Nārāyaṇa.
Rather than an explicit ethical injunction, the verse conveys a philosophical instruction: it frames ultimate reality (Brahman) as knowable through recognized textual transmission and identifies that ultimate principle with a specific theological figure (Nārāyaṇa), emphasizing coherence between metaphysical discourse and devotional nomenclature.
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