Shloka 66

यादवक्षयः, बलराम-निर्याणम्, कृष्णस्य उपसंहारः (प्रभासे विनाशः)

Devanagari script

अजानता कृतम् इदं मया हरिणशङ्कया क्षम्यतां नात्मपापेन दग्धं मां दग्धुम् अर्हसि

Transliteration

ajānatā kṛtam idaṃ mayā hariṇaśaṅkayā kṣamyatāṃ nātmapāpena dagdhaṃ māṃ dagdhum arhasi

Translation

«فعلتُ ذلك عن جهلٍ ظننتك غزالاً. فاعفُ عني. لقد احترقتُ بخطيئتي أنا؛ فلا يليق بك أن تحرقني أكثر.»

Word by Word

• अजानता: unknowingly
• अजानता: Karana (Means/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-जानत् (कृदन्त, √ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ) — ‘not knowing’

• कृतम्: done; the deed
• कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त, √कृ धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — ‘done (act)’

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshya (Apposition/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• हरिणशङ्कया: due to the suspicion (that it was) a deer
• हरिणशङ्कया: Karana (Cause/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिण (प्रातिपदिक) + शङ्का (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (हरिणस्य शङ्का)

• क्षम्यताम्: may it be forgiven
• क्षम्यताम्: Kriya (Request/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्षम (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः — ‘let it be forgiven’

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• आत्मपापेन: by (my) own sin
• आत्मपापेन: Karana (Cause/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (आत्मनः पापम्)

• दग्धम्: burnt
• दग्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दग्ध (कृदन्त, √दह् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — ‘burnt’ (qualifying māṃ implicitly as object of burning)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• दग्धुम्: to burn
• दग्धुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दह् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you ought; you are fit
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

A remorseful offender (within the narrative frame narrated by Sage Parāśara to Maitreya) pleading for forgiveness after an accidental killing/mistaken attack

FAQs

What is the significance of repentance (kṣamā-yācñā) in this Vishnu Purana verse?

The verse frames repentance as recognition of ignorance-born wrongdoing and appeals to forgiveness, emphasizing that inner remorse and karmic consequence already punish the offender.

How does Sage Parāśara explain karma in this context?

Through the narrative, Parāśara presents pāpa as self-afflicting—“burning” the doer from within—illustrating that moral causality operates inevitably within the cosmic order upheld by Vishnu.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named, the verse presumes a universe governed by dharma and karma—an order ultimately rooted in Vishnu as the supreme sustaining reality in Vaishnava theology.