Shloka 67

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

Devanagari script

भविष्यन्ति महावीर्या एकस्मिन्न् एव जन्मनि प्रख्यातोदारकर्माणो भवत्याः पतयो दश

Transliteration

bhaviṣyanti mahāvīryā ekasminn eva janmani prakhyātodārakarmāṇo bhavatyāḥ patayo daśa

Translation

In a single lifetime, you shall have ten husbands—men of great valor, renowned everywhere for their lofty and generous deeds.

Word by Word

• भविष्यन्ति: will be
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• महावीर्याः: of great valor
• महावीर्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (महत् वीर्यं येषाम्)

• एकस्मिन्: in one
• एकस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle of emphasis)

• जन्मनि: in (a) birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• प्रख्यातोदारकर्माणः: renowned and noble in deeds
• प्रख्यातोदारकर्माणः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रख्यात + उदार + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुपद-कर्मधारयः (प्रख्याताः च उदारकर्माणः च)

• भवत्याः: of you
• भवत्याः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; आदरार्थक सर्वनाम-प्रयोग (honorific ‘you’)

• पतयः: husbands
• पतयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• दश: ten
• दश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; प्रथमा, बहुवचनार्थे अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (numeral ‘ten’)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya within the dynastic account)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: The Lord’s boon: unusual marital arrangement and its dharmic/cosmic consequence

Teaching: Historical

Quality: revealing

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Divine ordinance can assign extraordinary social outcomes to serve a larger providential design.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: When faced with unusual life circumstances, seek the larger dharmic purpose and act with integrity rather than resentment.

Vishishtadvaita: Providence (niyati under Īśvara) operates through worldly relations while remaining guided by the Lord’s purpose for the whole.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Maitreya
• Kings
• Dynastic figures

FAQs

What is the significance of prophecy in the dynastic sections of the Vishnu Purana?

This verse exemplifies how the Purana uses foretelling to link personal events (marriages and heirs) to the continuity of royal lineages and the unfolding of dharma across time.

How does Sage Parāśara explain future outcomes in genealogical narration?

Parāśara often states future developments succinctly—naming counts, qualities, and outcomes—so the listener can track how dynasties expand and how notable figures arise through destined unions.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Vishnu Purana frames history as moving under Vishnu’s supreme ordering power—where dynastic prosperity, fame, and heroic deeds occur within a divinely governed moral cosmos.