Agni Purana — Yoga & Brahma-vidya, Shloka 62
Adhyāya 379 — अद्वैतब्रह्मविज्ञानम्
Advaita-brahma-vijñāna
आरूढो ऽयं गजं राजा परलोकस्तथेतर इति ख , ञ च क पुस्तके सर्वत्र ऋभुरिति ऋतुस्थानीयः पाठः नान्यस्माद्द्वैतसंस्कारसंस्कृतं मानसं तथा ऋतुः प्राह निदाघन्तं ब्रह्मज्ञानाय चागतः परमार्थं सारभूतमद्वैतं दर्शितं मया
ārūḍho 'yaṃ gajaṃ rājā paralokastathetara iti kha , ña ca ka pustake sarvatra ṛbhuriti ṛtusthānīyaḥ pāṭhaḥ nānyasmāddvaitasaṃskārasaṃskṛtaṃ mānasaṃ tathā ṛtuḥ prāha nidāghantaṃ brahmajñānāya cāgataḥ paramārthaṃ sārabhūtamadvaitaṃ darśitaṃ mayā
“یہ راجا ہاتھی پر سوار ہے؛ اور پرلوک بھی ہے اور یہ لوک بھی”—یہ قراءت خا، ں اور کا نسخوں میں ملتی ہے؛ ان سب میں ‘رتو’ کی جگہ ‘ربھو’ کا پاتھ ہے۔ دُوئی کے سنسکاروں سے رنگا ہوا ذہن حقیقت کو اور طرح نہیں سمجھتا۔ رتو نے نِداغھ سے کہا: “میں برہمن کے گیان کے لیے آیا ہوں؛ میں نے تمہیں پرمار্থ کا جوہر، اَدویت، دکھا دیا ہے۔”
Ṛtu (teacher) addressing Nidāgha (disciple); framed within Agni Purana narration traditionally attributed to Agni to Vasiṣṭha
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Philosophy","secondary_vidya":"Vyakarana","practical_application":"Advaita instruction plus textual discernment: recognizing how dualistic saṃskāras distort understanding and how manuscript variants affect reading; using viveka to reach the intended non-dual purport.","sutra_style":false}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"Commentary","entry_title":"Advaita-upadeśa with Pāṭhabheda Note (Ṛtu/Ṛbhu)","lookup_keywords":["advaita","pāṭhabheda","ṛtu","ṛbhu","dvaita-saṃskāra"],"quick_summary":"The passage combines a critical note on variant readings with the doctrinal point that the mind conditioned by duality fails to grasp non-duality; the teacher declares his purpose: imparting Brahma-jñāna and the essential Advaita truth."}
Alamkara Type: Vyākhyāna/Ṭīkā-bhāva (commentarial insertion)
Concept: Dvaita-saṃskāra clouds cognition; Advaita is the paramārtha-sāra taught by the guru for Brahma-jñāna.
Application: Practice śravaṇa–manana with awareness of habitual dualistic assumptions; use textual scrutiny (pāṭha-vicāra) to avoid misreading the teaching.
Khanda Section: Jnana-yoga / Vedanta (Advaita teaching within Agni Purana’s encyclopedic dharma-jñāna material)
Primary Rasa: Śānta
Secondary Rasa: Adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Teacher explains non-duality to Nidāgha; a marginal ‘manuscript’ motif suggests variant readings (ṛtu/ṛbhu) and the mind’s duality-conditioning.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural, guru-sage gesturing in teaching mudrā, disciple attentive, faint palm-leaf manuscript bundle at side, subdued greens and ochres, aura of jñāna and śānta.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style, guru seated on ornate seat, disciple below, gold leaf around a stylized palm-leaf manuscript and sacred symbols, emphasis on ‘advaita’ as luminous central theme.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting, didactic composition with a small inset showing palm-leaf folios labeled Ṛtu/Ṛbhu, clean lines, calm faces, classroom-like clarity in an āśrama setting.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, scholar-sage pointing to a manuscript while instructing, detailed calligraphic folio on a low stand, forest hermitage background, refined palette and borders."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative","suggested_raga":"Kalyani","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: आरूढोऽयं → आरूढः + अयम्; परलोकस्तथेतर → परलोकः + तथा + इतरः; नान्यस्माद्द्वैत… → न + अन्यस्मात् + द्वैत…; निदाघन्तं → निदाघम् + तम्; ब्रह्मज्ञानाय चागतः → ब्रह्मज्ञानाय + च + आगतः; सारभूतमद्वैतं → सारभूतम् + अद्वैतम्.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 379.63-65 (effects of upadeśa; liberation by knowledge; sky analogy)
FAQs
Advaita-brahma-jñāna: the teacher explains that ultimate reality is non-dual Brahman, and that the mind habituated by dvaita-saṃskāras requires instruction to recognize this truth.
Alongside ritual, polity, and arts, the Agni Purana also preserves Vedāntic pedagogy—here even including manuscript-variant awareness (pāṭha-bheda), showing it functions as a compendium of doctrine and transmission traditions.
By loosening dualistic conditioning (dvaita-saṃskāra) and establishing insight into advaita, the teaching points toward liberation (mokṣa) through direct knowledge of Brahman rather than merit-based ritual alone.