Shloka 65

Pracetās, Māriṣā, Dakṣa’s Re-manifestation, and the Brahma-parastava; Cyclic Creation and Genealogies

Devanagari script

रूपसंपत्समायुक्ता सर्वस्य प्रियदर्शना अयोनिजा च जायेयं त्वत्प्रसादाद् अधोक्षज

Transliteration

rūpasaṃpatsamāyuktā sarvasya priyadarśanā ayonijā ca jāyeyaṃ tvatprasādād adhokṣaja

Translation

“Endowed with the full wealth of beauty and excellence, pleasing to the sight of all, may she be born without a mortal womb—only by Your grace, O Adhokṣaja.”

Word by Word

• रूपसंपत्समायुक्ता: endowed with beauty and prosperity
• रूपसंपत्समायुक्ता: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rūpa + saṃpat + samāyukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘रूप-सम्पद्-समायुक्ता’ = endowed with beauty and prosperity)

• सर्वस्य: of everyone
• सर्वस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रियदर्शना: lovely to see
• प्रियदर्शना: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priya + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘प्रियं दर्शनं यस्याः’ / ‘pleasant to behold’)

• अयोनिजा: not womb-born, unbegotten
• अयोनिजा: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-yonija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुषः (‘योनि-जा’ न)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• जायेयम्: may I be born
• जायेयम्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• त्वत्प्रसादात्: from your grace
• त्वत्प्रसादात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘त्वत्-प्रसादः’)

• अधोक्षज: O Adhokṣaja (Vishnu)
• अधोक्षज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhokṣaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; विष्णोर्नाम

Speaker

A devotee/supplicant addressing Lord Vishnu (Adhokshaja) in prayer (as framed within Parasara’s narration to Maitreya).

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Addressing Viṣṇu as Adhokṣaja, the verse affirms His transcendence of the senses while asserting that His grace can effect even extraordinary (ayonijā) outcomes.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Hold together reverence for God’s transcendence with trust in grace; avoid reducing the divine to merely what is empirically measurable.

Vishishtadvaita: Adhokṣaja indicates transcendence, yet the boon-request presumes relational accessibility—supporting the Viśiṣṭādvaita synthesis of transcendent Lord and immanent grace.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of calling Vishnu “Adhokṣaja” in the Vishnu Purana?

It emphasizes Vishnu as the Supreme Reality who transcends sense-perception and ordinary causality, making even extraordinary births possible through His will.

How does the Vishnu Purana present divine grace (prasāda) as a cause?

This verse attributes the very occurrence of an exceptional, auspicious birth to Vishnu’s direct favor, highlighting sovereignty beyond material instruments.

What is the theological importance of an “ayonijā” (non-womb-born) birth in this context?

It signals that certain manifestations occur not by ordinary biological causation but by the Lord’s independent power, reinforcing Vaishnava views of Vishnu as the ultimate controller of creation.