Vishnu Purana 5.30.8 — Krishna Avatara, Amsha 5, Adhyaya 30, Shloka 8

स्वर्गगमनम्, अदितिस्तुतिः-मायातत्त्वम्, तथा पारिजात-प्रसङ्गे इन्द्रयुद्धम्

Devanagari script

सितदीर्घादिनिःशेषकल्पनापरिवर्जित जन्मादिभिर् असंस्पृष्ट स्वप्नादिपरिवर्जित

Transliteration

sitadīrghādiniḥśeṣakalpanāparivarjita janmādibhir asaṃspṛṣṭa svapnādiparivarjita

Translation

Er wird von keiner erdachten Vorstellung wie „weiß“, „groß“ und dergleichen berührt; von Geburt und allem, was aus Verkörperung folgt, bleibt er unbefleckt; und er ist frei von Zuständen wie Traum und anderem—stets jenseits begrenzender Zustände und eingebildeter Attribute.

Word by Word

• सितदीर्घादिनिःशेषकल्पनापरिवर्जित: free from all imaginations such as 'white', 'long', etc.
• सितदीर्घादिनिःशेषकल्पनापरिवर्जित: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sita + dīrgha + ādi + niḥśeṣa + kalpanā + parivarjita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-समासः; विशेषण

• जन्मादिभिः: by birth and the like
• जन्मादिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janma + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• असंस्पृष्ट: untouched, untainted
• असंस्पृष्ट: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a + saṃspṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) < saṃ-√spṛś (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); नञ्-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषण

• स्वप्नादिपरिवर्जित: free from dream and the like
• स्वप्नादिपरिवर्जित: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svapna + ādi + parivarjita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The Lord is untouched by imagined predicates (color, size), by birth and embodied conditions, and by states like dream—free from limiting upādhis.

Vedantic Theme: Maya

Application: In self-inquiry and devotion, negate limiting projections onto the divine and oneself; cultivate remembrance of the Lord as beyond mental constructs and changing states.

Vishishtadvaita: Supports the distinction between the Lord’s svarūpa (unchanging) and contingent limiting adjuncts (upādhis) without denying His immanence elsewhere in the text.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of rejecting attributes like “white” or “tall” in the Vishnu Purana?

It teaches that the Supreme (Vishnu) cannot be captured by sensory descriptions or mental constructs; such predicates belong to limited objects, not the Absolute.

How does Sage Parāśara explain freedom from birth and similar conditions?

By stating that the Supreme is “asaṃspṛṣṭa”—untouched by birth and its consequences—Parāśara distinguishes Vishnu from embodied beings subject to change and decay.

What is the theological importance of Vishnu being beyond dream and other states here?

It emphasizes Vishnu’s sovereignty over all conditions of consciousness; He is not a mind-bound experiencer but the transcendent ground of all states.