Shloka 69

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

Devanagari script

वंशानां तस्य कर्तृत्वं जगत्य् अस्मिन् भविष्यति त्रैलोक्यम् अखिलं सूतिस् तस्य चापूरयिष्यति

Transliteration

vaṃśānāṃ tasya kartṛtvaṃ jagaty asmin bhaviṣyati trailokyam akhilaṃ sūtis tasya cāpūrayiṣyati

Translation

In this world, he shall become the maker and establisher of dynasties; and his progeny shall fill and sustain the entire three worlds, without remainder.

Word by Word

• वंशानाम्: of lineages/dynasties
• वंशानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूपम्

• कर्तृत्वम्: the agency/authorship
• कर्तृत्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृत्व (प्रातिपदिक; भाव-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भाववाचक नाम (abstract noun)

• जगति: in the world
• जगति: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूपम्

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

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयाणां लोकानां समाहारः)

• अखिलम्: entire
• अखिलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (agrees with त्रैलोक्यम्)

• सूतिः: birth/offspring (progeny)
• सूतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘प्रसव/उत्पत्ति’ अर्थे

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूपम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• आपूरयिष्यति: will fill
• आपूरयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-पूॄ/पूर् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative sense ‘to fill’)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: How a single blessed progenitor becomes the nexus for multiple lineages and population of the three worlds

Teaching: Genealogical

Quality: revealing

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Human lineages are integrated into cosmic order: progeny and dynasties are instruments through which the worlds are populated and sustained.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: View family, society, and responsibility as part of a larger cosmic stewardship rather than mere private identity.

Vishishtadvaita: The cosmos and its social orders function as the Lord’s body (śarīra-bhāva), where worldly propagation serves divine governance.

Dynasty & Genealogy

Dharma Exemplar: Praja-vardhana (nurturing and expanding subjects)

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Characters & Entities

• Royal dynasties (Vaṁśa)
• Three worlds (Trailokya)
• A destined king/lineage-founder (implied)

FAQs

What is the significance of dynasties (vaṁśa) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames dynasties as instruments of world-order: a divinely destined ruler establishes lineages whose descendants spread through the three worlds, making genealogy a vehicle for dharma and history.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the rise of sovereignty and lineage?

Parāśara presents kingship as providential: an individual gains “kartṛtva” (effective agency) over dynastic formation, and through his offspring the social and cosmic landscape becomes populated and sustained.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named, the Purana’s theology treats royal expansion and cosmic filling as operating under Vishnu’s supreme governance—history unfolds as an expression of the Lord’s sustaining order.