Shloka 87

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

Devanagari script

अहं चरिष्यामि तथात्मनो ऽर्थे परिग्रहग्राहगृहीतबुद्धिः यथा हि भूयः परिहीनदोषो जनस्य दुःखैर् भविता न दुःखी

Transliteration

ahaṃ cariṣyāmi tathātmano 'rthe parigrahagrāhagṛhītabuddhiḥ yathā hi bhūyaḥ parihīnadoṣo janasya duḥkhair bhavitā na duḥkhī

Translation

So will ich zu meinem wahren Heil handeln: Mein Geist soll nicht länger vom Drang ergriffen sein, Besitz zu packen und zu horten, damit ich, wieder frei von Makel, nicht leide, wenn die Menschen leiden.

Word by Word

अहम्I

चरिष्यामिI will practice/act

तथाthus, in that manner

आत्मनःof myself

अर्थेfor the sake (in the matter)

परिग्रहग्राहगृहीतबुद्धिःwhose mind is seized by the ‘crocodile’ of possessiveness

यथाso that, as

हिindeed, for

भूयःagain, further

परिहीनदोषःfree from defects

जनस्यof people / of a person

दुःखैःby sufferings

भविताwill become / will be

नnot

दुःखीsorrowful

Speaker

Uncertain from isolated verse; likely a renunciant/kingly figure speaking within the Parasara–Maitreya narrative frame

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: By restraining the grasping impulse of possession (parigraha) and purifying faults, one becomes steady and does not mirror the world’s sorrow as personal suffering.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Practice aparigraha (limits on accumulation), cultivate seva without ownership, and observe one’s motives when helping others.

Vishishtadvaita: Ethical purification prepares the jīva to serve the Lord and beings as His śeṣa (dependent), reducing egoic appropriation (ahaṅkāra-mamatā).

Vaishnava Theology

Bhakti Type: Shanta

FAQs

What is the significance of non-possessiveness (aparigraha) in this Vishnu Purana verse?

The verse treats grasping for possessions as a force that “seizes” the intellect; renouncing that impulse is presented as the path to becoming faultless and inwardly unshaken.

How does the Vishnu Purana frame personal discipline as social responsibility here?

By linking inner purification with public welfare: when one is freed from defects born of greed, one does not become personally distressed or destabilized amid the sorrows of the people.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named, the Purana’s Vaishnava ethic is implied: self-mastery and dharmic conduct align the individual with the cosmic order upheld by Vishnu, the supreme governor of dharma.