Shloka 19

मैत्रेयप्रश्नः—पुराणसंहिताप्रतिज्ञा च

Maitreya’s Questions and Parāśara’s Resolve to Teach

Devanagari script

स्वर्गापवर्गव्यासेधकारणं परमर्षयः वर्जयन्ति सदा क्रोधं तात मा तद्वशो भव

Transliteration

svargāpavargavyāsedhakāraṇaṃ paramarṣayaḥ varjayanti sadā krodhaṃ tāta mā tadvaśo bhava

Translation

O dear one, the supreme seers always renounce anger, for it is the very cause that obstructs and destroys both heaven (svarga) and liberation (apavarga). Do not fall under its control.

Word by Word

• स्वर्गापवर्गव्यासेधकारणम्: the cause of obstruction to heaven and liberation
• स्वर्गापवर्गव्यासेधकारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग-अपवर्ग-व्यसेध-कारण (प्रातिपदिक; स्वर्ग + अपवर्ग + व्यसेध + कारण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (स्वर्गस्य अपवर्गस्य च व्यसेधस्य कारणम्)

• परमर्षयः: the great sages
• परमर्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक; परम + ऋषि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (परमाः ऋषयः)

• वर्जयन्ति: avoid
• वर्जयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सदा: always
• सदा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• क्रोधम्: anger
• क्रोधम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• तात: dear child
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• मा: do not
• मा: Sambandha (Prohibition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक (prohibitive particle used with लोट्)

• तद्वशः: under its sway
• तद्वशः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद्-वश (प्रातिपदिक; तद् + वश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तस्य वशः = 'under its control'); विशेषणम् (त्वम् implied)

• भव: be
• भव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; मा-निषेधेन निषेधाज्ञा

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Why sages renounce anger: it blocks both svarga (heavenly attainment) and apavarga (liberation).

Teaching: Ethical

Quality: authoritative

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Anger is a spiritual obstruction that can forfeit both worldly heavenly rewards and the higher goal of moksha.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Cultivate kṣamā and devotion-based humility so that reactive emotions do not derail long-term spiritual aims.

Vishishtadvaita: Apavarga is not mere dissolution but release into the Lord’s grace-governed freedom; ethical purification (kṣamā) supports prapatti/bhakti as the means.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Paramarishis (supreme sages)
• Svarga
• Apavarga (Moksha)

FAQs

What is the significance of anger (krodha) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse treats anger as a primary inner obstacle that blocks both worldly merit (svarga) and ultimate freedom (apavarga), so it must be consciously renounced.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the path toward apavarga (liberation)?

Here, Parāśara frames liberation as dependent on inner discipline—specifically, not becoming controlled by anger, as the great sages model constant restraint.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named, the Purana’s Vaishnava framework implies that self-mastery and dharma purify the seeker for devotion and realization oriented toward the Supreme Reality upheld by Vishnu.