In Kapila-Āsuri Saṃvāda in Mahābhārata, it is said that– viriñco’bhimāninī aviveka īrṣyā kāmaḥ krodho lobho mado darpo ma makāraścaitānyahaṃkāraparyāyanāmāni bhavanti evamāha– ahaṃkartetyāhaṃkrtā sasṛje viśvamīśvaraḥ. tritīyamenaṃ puruṣamabhimānaguṇaṃ viduḥ. The significance of these śloka(s) uttered by Kapila lies in the notion that Brahmā, in the form of Viriñci is the tritīya tattva of prakṛti, one of whose […]

For the saints, monks and hermits, the act of renouncing everything, and for the householders, the act of renouncing things belonging to others, is called Aparigraha. In Mahābhārata (Mahabharata), Aparigraha is conceptualised as the manifestation of Brahman, or the Supreme Self — aśavdaṃ aparigraham. Parigraha means to accept things or mpney from people. Aparigraha is […]

Apavarga means redemption from the worldly bindings. In Sāṃkhyadarśana (Sankhyadarsana; the Sankhya philosophy) and Yogic philosophy, this status of attaining salvation is called Apavarga. In a Jivanmukta condition, that is, if one attains siddhi by performing great sādhanā (sadhana; penance),and becomes free from all desires for material enjoyment and have access to the supreme truth, […]