Shloka 22

ध्रुवस्य तपः — देवमायाविघ्नाः, विष्णोर्दर्शनम्, स्तुतिः, ध्रुवस्थानप्रदानम्

Devanagari script

स तां विलपतीम् एवं बाष्पव्याकुललोचनाम् समाहितमना विष्णौ पश्यन्न् अपि न दृष्टवान्

Transliteration

sa tāṃ vilapatīm evaṃ bāṣpavyākulalocanām samāhitamanā viṣṇau paśyann api na dṛṣṭavān

Translation

Though she wailed thus, her eyes clouded and shaken with tears, he—his mind gathered and absorbed in Lord Viṣṇu—did not truly see her, even while looking.

Word by Word

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

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विलपतीम्: lamenting, wailing
• विलपतीम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-लप् (धातु) → विलपत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• बाष्पव्याकुललोचनाम्: whose eyes were troubled with tears
• बाष्पव्याकुललोचनाम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याकुल (प्रातिपदिक) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — बाष्पेण व्याकुलानि लोचनानि यस्याः/यस्या: (eyes agitated by tears); विशेषण

• समाहितमना: with composed mind
• समाहितमना: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) → समाहित (कृदन्त) + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः — समाहितं मनः यस्य (one whose mind is composed); विशेषण

• विष्णौ: in/at Vishnu (i.e., with mind fixed on Vishnu)
• विष्णौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पश्यन्: seeing
• पश्यन्: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश् (धातु) → पश्यत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि; विशेषण (concessive: though seeing)

• अपि: even, though
• अपि: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/अपि-समुच्चयार्थक (particle: even/though)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• दृष्टवान्: did not see
• दृष्टवान्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्टवत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (क्तवतुँ/परिप्रयोग), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतार्थे (perfect/resultative sense): 'has seen/saw'

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: revealing

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: When the mind is fully absorbed in Viṣṇu, worldly stimuli lose their binding power even if they remain before the senses.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Practice daily ekāgratā (single-pointed remembrance) so reactive attention to distressing sights and sounds diminishes.

Vishishtadvaita: The Lord as the supreme object of meditation (viṣaya) draws the mind from prakṛti toward the personal Brahman, without denying the reality of the world.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of being 'samāhita-manā viṣṇau' in the Vishnu Purana?

It presents devotion and yogic concentration on Viṣṇu as a state where ordinary perception loses its hold—one may look outward, yet remain inwardly established in the Supreme.

How does Sage Parāśara explain detachment in this context?

By showing a mind absorbed in Viṣṇu that does not register even intense worldly emotion nearby, Parāśara illustrates vairāgya born from God-centered contemplation rather than mere indifference.

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

Viṣṇu functions as the highest object of meditation and the supreme ground of reality—absorption in Him overrides ordinary experience, reflecting core Vaiṣṇava spirituality emphasized in the Purāṇa.