Shloka 25

ध्रुवस्य निर्वेदः — मन्त्रोपदेशः (ॐ नमो वासुदेवाय) तथा विष्ण्वाराधनविधिः

Devanagari script

सो ऽहं तथा यतिष्यामि यथा सर्वोत्तमोत्तमम् स्थानं प्राप्स्याम्य् अशेषाणां जगताम् अभिपूजितम्

Transliteration

so 'haṃ tathā yatiṣyāmi yathā sarvottamottamam sthānaṃ prāpsyāmy aśeṣāṇāṃ jagatām abhipūjitam

Translation

Therefore I shall strive in that very way, until I attain the most excellent of all stations—honoured and revered by every world without remainder.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्ता

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्ता

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'thus/in that way')

• यतिष्यामि: I will strive
• यतिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यत् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यथा: so that
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिणाम/उद्देश्यबोधक (so that/as)

• सर्वोत्तमोत्तमम्: the best of the best, supremely excellent
• सर्वोत्तमोत्तमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-उत्तम-उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with स्थानम्); कर्मधारय/उपपद-समास (सर्वेषाम् उत्तमः, उत्तमम्)

• स्थानम्: place, position
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म

• प्राप्स्यामि: I will attain
• प्राप्स्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अशेषाणाम्: of all, without remainder
• अशेषाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying जगताम्)

• जगताम्: of the worlds/beings
• जगताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• अभिपूजितम्: honoured, revered
• अभिपूजितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-पूजित (कृदन्त; √पूज् धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with स्थानम्)

Speaker

Dhruva (expressing resolve to attain the supreme station)

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Single-pointed striving for the supreme station culminates not in mere royal power but in a transcendent, universally honored state granted through divine favor.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Turn ambition into sādhana: set a highest goal, practice steadily, and anchor effort in devotion rather than comparison.

Vishishtadvaita: The ‘highest station’ is not self-produced liberation but a Lord-bestowed abode/status—mokṣa as grace within a personal God framework.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Dhruva
• All worlds (jagats)

FAQs

What is the significance of attaining the “supremely best station” in the Vishnu Purana?

In this verse it signifies an unsurpassed, universally revered spiritual status—an ultimate attainment that transcends ordinary worldly rank and is acknowledged across all realms.

How does the text frame Dhruva’s path to this goal?

Dhruva presents it as deliberate, disciplined striving (yatna/tapas) directed toward a single highest aim, reflecting the Purana’s emphasis on resolute devotion and sustained effort.

What is the theological importance of Vishnu in this context?

Though Vishnu is not named in this single line, the verse fits the Vaishnava framework where the highest ‘sthāna’ is ultimately secured through the Supreme Lord’s grace, making the goal not merely political supremacy but divinely sanctioned pre-eminence.