Shloka 78

अविद्याबीज-निरूपणं, योगस्वरूप-उपदेशः, मूर्तहरिधारणा-समाधि, जनकवंशीय-राजर्षिसंवादः

Devanagari script

मूर्तं भगवतो रूपं सर्वापाश्रयनिःस्पृहम् एषा वै धारणा प्रोक्ता यच् चित्तं तत्र धार्यते

Transliteration

mūrtaṃ bhagavato rūpaṃ sarvāpāśrayaniḥspṛham eṣā vai dhāraṇā proktā yac cittaṃ tatra dhāryate

Translation

รูปอันปรากฏของภควาน—แม้เป็นที่พึ่งของสรรพสิ่ง—ก็ไม่แตะต้องด้วยความยึดพึ่งใดๆ นี่แลเรียกว่า ‘ธารณา’ คือการตรึงจิตให้ตั้งมั่นอยู่ ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

मूर्तम्manifest; embodied

भगवतःof the Lord

रूपम्form

सर्वापाश्रयनिःस्पृहम्free from dependence on any support

एषाthis

वैindeed

धारणाconcentration; fixation

प्रोक्ताis declared; is said

यत्which

चित्तम्the mind

तत्रthere; in that (form)

धार्यतेis held; is fixed

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Vishnu (Bhagavān)

FAQs

What is the significance of dhāraṇā in the Vishnu Purana?

Here dhāraṇā is defined as holding the mind steadily in one chosen support—specifically, the manifest form of Bhagavān—so concentration becomes stable and undistracted.

How does Sage Parāśara explain concentration on Vishnu’s form?

Parāśara teaches that the Lord’s formed presence is a valid and exalted support for yoga: the practitioner fixes citta upon that form, which is the basis of all yet remains unattached.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu being “the support of all” yet “unattached”?

It emphasizes Vishnu’s supreme reality and sovereignty: He sustains the cosmos (sarvāśraya) without being conditioned by it (niḥspṛha), aligning devotion and meditation with a transcendent, independent Lord.