Shloka 37
वेन-पृथु-प्रादुर्भावः, राजधर्मः, पृथिवीदोहनम्
Vena–Pṛthu Episode and the Milking of Earth
तेन द्वारेण तत् पापं निष्क्रान्तं तस्य भूपतेः निषादास् ते ततो जाता वेनकल्मषनाशनाः
tena dvāreṇa tat pāpaṃ niṣkrāntaṃ tasya bhūpateḥ niṣādās te tato jātā venakalmaṣanāśanāḥ
Through that very outlet, the king’s accumulated sin was expelled. From it there arose the Niṣādas—born then and there—who became the living removal of Vena’s taint.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How Vena’s taint was removed and what arose from it.
Teaching: Historical
Quality: revealing
Concept: Sin is treated as a real moral impurity that must be expelled for righteous sovereignty to manifest.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Before taking on leadership or major vows, practice deliberate purification—confession, restitution, and disciplined living.
Vishishtadvaita: Moral purification is not mere abstraction: the embodied world is a mode (prakāra) of the Lord where dharma and adharma have concrete effects.
Key Kings: Vena
FAQs
They are presented as beings generated from the expelled impurity of King Vena, marking a genealogical and moral explanation for their origin within the narrative.
He frames it as a literal expulsion of pāpa through a specific ‘door/means,’ after which that impurity takes form as a distinct group, showing karma’s tangible consequences in Purāṇic history.
Even when not named in the verse, the episode supports the Vishnu Purana’s theme that cosmic and social order (dharma and rightful sovereignty) is ultimately restored under the Supreme governance associated with Vishnu.