Shloka 25

Devanagari script

क्षीणासु सर्वमायासु पवने संक्षयं गते जगाम सो ऽपि भवनं गुरोर् एव महामतिः

Transliteration

kṣīṇāsu sarvamāyāsu pavane saṃkṣayaṃ gate jagāma so 'pi bhavanaṃ guror eva mahāmatiḥ

Translation

যখন সমস্ত মায়ার প্রপঞ্চ ক্ষয়প্রাপ্ত হল এবং পবনও সংক্ষয়ে গেল, তখন সেই মহামতি-পুরুষও নিজের গুরুর গৃহেই গমন করল।

Word by Word

• क्षीणासु: when (they) were exhausted
• क्षीणासु: Adhikarana (Locative setting)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीण (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying मायासु)

• सर्वमायासु: in all (his) magical powers/illusions
• सर्वमायासु: Adhikarana (Locative setting)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वाः मायाः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; बहुवचन

• पवने: when the wind
• पवने: Adhikarana (Locative setting)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• संक्षयम्: to complete destruction
• संक्षयम्: Gati/Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सं + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; गत्यर्थे (as goal/state)

• गते: having gone (to)
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; पवने इत्यस्य विशेषण; लोकेटिव-अब्सोल्यूट (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थ (also)

• भवनम्: the house/dwelling
• भवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• गुरोः: of (his) teacher
• गुरोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• महामतिः: the great-minded one
• महामतिः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महती मतिः यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; सः इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: compassionate

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: When delusive forces subside, the wise return to right guidance, grounded in inner conquest rather than outward struggle.

Vedantic Theme: Maya

Application: After emotional upheaval, re-establish routine—study, satsanga, and breath-settling practices—to prevent relapse into भ्रम (confusion).

Vishishtadvaita: Māyā’s disturbances can be overcome by grace-supported steadiness, enabling the jīva to align with dharma through proper guidance.

Prahlada Narrative

Phase: Divine-protection

Bhakti Quality: Inner victory over māyā through steadiness and return to disciplined instruction.

Vaishnava Theology

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Guru
• Prāṇa (life-breath)
• Māyā (illusion)

FAQs

What is the significance of māyā being “exhausted” in this verse of the Vishnu Purana?

It signals the collapse of delusive identification and mental projection; the practitioner is no longer driven by appearances and thus becomes fit for higher realization.

How does Sage Parāśara frame the role of prāṇa (life-breath) here?

Prāṇa is presented as a key support of embodied experience; when it subsides through discipline, the mind’s turbulence also quiets, enabling freedom from illusion.

What is the theological importance of Vishnu in this context?

By implying a state beyond māyā and fluctuation, the verse aligns with the Purana’s Vaishnava view that liberation culminates in the Supreme Reality—Vishnu—who transcends all illusion.