Shloka 81

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

Devanagari script

उत्पत्तिश् च निरोधश् च नित्यो भूतेषु सत्तम ऋषयो ऽत्र न मुह्यन्ति ये चान्ये दिव्यचक्षुषः

Transliteration

utpattiś ca nirodhaś ca nityo bhūteṣu sattama ṛṣayo 'tra na muhyanti ye cānye divyacakṣuṣaḥ

Translation

O best of the virtuous, among all beings the rhythm of arising and passing away is eternal; therefore the seers, and all others endowed with divine sight, are not deluded about this cosmic process.

Word by Word

• उत्पत्तिः: origination, arising
• उत्पत्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• निरोधः: cessation, dissolution
• निरोधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• नित्यः: eternal
• नित्यः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)

• भूतेषु: in beings, among creatures
• भूतेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• सत्तम: O best (of beings)
• सत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• अत्र: here, in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation particle)

• मुह्यन्ति: are deluded, become confused
• मुह्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• दिव्यचक्षुषः: those with divine sight
• दिव्यचक्षुषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य + चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (दिव्यं चक्षुः यस्य/ये)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Why sages are not deluded by the perpetual cycle of arising and cessation among beings

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: authoritative

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Knowing the eternal rhythm of manifestation and withdrawal, the seer is not deluded by change.

Vedantic Theme: Maya

Application: Contemplate impermanence in daily experiences to cultivate steadiness and discernment.

Vishishtadvaita: The world’s changes are real as modes of the Lord, yet the wise remain undeluded by their cyclical transformations.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Rishis (Sages)
• Divyachakshus (divine-seeing beings)

FAQs

What is the significance of creation and dissolution being described as 'eternal' in the Vishnu Purana?

It teaches that birth and destruction are not random events but an ever-recurring cosmic law; sages recognize this cycle as part of the ordered governance of reality.

How does Sage Parāśara explain why sages are not deluded by worldly change?

He states that those with true insight (ṛṣis and divyacakṣuṣaḥ) understand the perpetual pattern of arising and passing away, so they do not mistake transient forms for the ultimate.

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

Even when the verse speaks of cosmic processes, the Vishnu Purana frames such order as grounded in the Supreme Reality—Vishnu—who remains sovereign and unchanged while worlds cycle through manifestation and dissolution.