Shloka 82

इक्ष्वाकुवंश-प्रसङ्गः, पुरंजय-दैवसाहाय्य-कथा, युवनाश्व-मांधातृ-उत्पत्तिः, सौभरि-वैराग्योपदेशः

Devanagari script

स मे समाधिर् जलवासमित्र मत्स्यस्य सङ्गात् सहसैव नष्टः परिग्रहः सङ्गकृतो ममायं परिग्रहोत्था च महाविधित्सा

Transliteration

sa me samādhir jalavāsamitra matsyasya saṅgāt sahasaiva naṣṭaḥ parigrahaḥ saṅgakṛto mamāyaṃ parigrahotthā ca mahāvidhitsā

Translation

O Freund, der du im Wasser weilst! Durch den Umgang mit dem Fisch wurde mein Samādhi plötzlich zerstört. Diese Besitzgier entstand aus Anhaftung, und aus ihr erwuchs ein großes Verlangen, zu sichern und zu beherrschen.

Word by Word

सःthat/he

मेmy/of me

समाधिःmeditative absorption

जलवासमित्रO friend dwelling in water

मत्स्यस्यof the fish

सङ्गात्from association (with)

सहसाsuddenly

एवindeed

नष्टःdestroyed/lost

परिग्रहःpossession/attachment

सङ्गकृतःcaused by association

ममmy

अयम्this

परिग्रहोत्थाarising from possession/attachment

चand

महाविधित्साgreat desire to acquire/possess

Speaker

A renunciant/teacher-figure within Parāśara’s narration (didactic voice illustrating how attachment breaks samādhi)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: How attachment (saṅga) destroys samādhi and generates parigraha (possessiveness)

Teaching: Ethical

Quality: revealing

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Even a seemingly small association can shatter collectedness; attachment crystallizes into possessiveness, which then erupts as intense craving to secure and control.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Audit your ‘small’ attachments (habits, pets, possessions, status); set boundaries so care does not become grasping, and protect contemplative practice from incremental distractions.

Vishishtadvaita: Mind’s right use is service-oriented and God-oriented; when it turns into ‘mine-ness’ it obstructs the soul’s natural dependence and surrender to the Lord.

Vaishnava Theology

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

Fish (Matsya)

Samadhi

Sanga (attachment)

Parigraha (possessiveness)

FAQs

What is the significance of saṅga (attachment) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames attachment as the immediate cause of losing samādhi—showing that bondage begins not with objects themselves but with clinging association.

How does the Vishnu Purana explain the rise of desire from possession?

It presents a chain: attachment creates possessiveness (parigraha), and possessiveness then generates intensified craving (mahā-vidhitsā), which further destabilizes the mind.

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

By contrasting inner steadiness with worldly grasping, the text implicitly points toward true refuge in the Supreme order upheld by Vishnu—where liberation requires surrendering possessiveness and cultivating disciplined awareness.