Shloka 32

आत्यन्तिक-लयहेतुः: तापत्रय-विवेचनम् तथा ‘भगवान्/वासुदेव’ शब्दार्थः

Threefold Suffering and the Path to Final Liberation; Meaning of Bhagavān and Vāsudeva

Devanagari script

सकृद् उच्चारिते वाक्ये समुद्भूतमहाश्रमः श्वासकासमहायाससमुद्भूतप्रजागरः

Transliteration

sakṛd uccārite vākye samudbhūtamahāśramaḥ śvāsakāsamahāyāsasamudbhūtaprajāgaraḥ

Translation

Schon beim Aussprechen eines einzigen Satzes überkam ihn überwältigende Erschöpfung; keuchender Atem, Husten und schwere Anstrengung ließen in ihm eine ruhelose, schmerzhafte Wachheit entstehen.

Word by Word

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/आवृत्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: once)

• उच्चारिते: when uttered
• उच्चारिते: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद् + चर् (धातु) → उच्चारित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; विशेषणम्

• वाक्ये: in a sentence/utterance
• वाक्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• समुद्भूतमहाश्रमः: with great fatigue arisen
• समुद्भूतमहाश्रमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + उद् + भू (धातु) → समुद्भूत (कृदन्त) + महा + श्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (one whose great fatigue has arisen)

• श्वासकासमहायाससमुद्भूतप्रजागरः: kept awake due to breathlessness, cough, and great strain
• श्वासकासमहायाससमुद्भूतप्रजागरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वास + कास + महा + आयास + समुद्भूत (कृदन्त) + प्रजागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-समासः; विशेषणम् (wakefulness arising from breathlessness, cough, and great exertion)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

FAQs

What is the significance of describing breathlessness and cough in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse uses vivid bodily symptoms (śvāsa, kāsa, mahāyāsa) to signal intense strain and vulnerability, heightening the dramatic and ethical stakes of the surrounding royal narrative.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the character’s condition here?

Parāśara presents it as an immediate consequence—upon a single utterance—showing how quickly exhaustion and agitation can arise, a common Purāṇic technique to mark crisis or turning points in a story.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purāṇic frame implies that embodied suffering and instability belong to saṃsāra, while Vishnu remains the sovereign ground of order beyond such transient conditions.