Shloka 65

Devanagari script

करोति हे दैत्यपुत्रा यावन्मात्रं परिग्रहम् तावन्मात्रं स एवास्य दुःखं चेतसि यच्छति

Transliteration

karoti he daityaputrā yāvanmātraṃ parigraham tāvanmātraṃ sa evāsya duḥkhaṃ cetasi yacchati

Translation

O sons of the Daitya race—whatever measure of possessions a person gathers, in that very measure he, by his own doing, places sorrow within his heart.

Word by Word

• करोति: does, makes
• करोति: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हे: O
• हे: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हे (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• दैत्य-पुत्राः: O sons of demons
• दैत्य-पुत्राः: सम्बोधन (Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः—दैत्यस्य पुत्राः (sons of demons)

• यावत्-मात्रम्: only as much as
• यावत्-मात्रम्: विशेषण (Quantifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (indeclinable quantifier): as much as/only so much

• परिग्रहम्: possession, acquisition
• परिग्रहम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• तावत्-मात्रम्: just that much
• तावत्-मात्रम्: विशेषण (Quantifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (indeclinable correl. quantifier): just that much

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

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

• अस्य: for him / of him
• अस्य: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (Genitive: to/for him; of him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• दुःखम्: sorrow, suffering
• दुःखम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• चेतसि: in the mind
• चेतसि: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• यच्छति: gives, causes
• यच्छति: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘यच्छति’ = ददाति/प्रयच्छति (bestows/causes)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya; verse framed as an address to Daitya sons within the didactic narrative)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: How acquisition (parigraha) proportionally increases sorrow; counsel addressed to daitya princes

Teaching: Ethical

Quality: compassionate

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The more one clings to possessions, the more one manufactures mental sorrow, because ownership multiplies fear, maintenance, and attachment.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Simplify commitments, practice dana (charity), and set limits on acquisition; redirect energy to service, study, and remembrance of God.

Vishishtadvaita: Possessions are to be treated as Śrī’s (the Lord’s) wealth entrusted for dharmic use; non-possessiveness supports bhakti and surrender rather than egoic ownership.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Lakshmi Presence: Sri

Characters & Entities

• Daityas (Daitya-putras)

FAQs

What is the significance of parigraha (possessiveness) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse teaches that the very act of accumulating and clinging to possessions proportionally generates mental sorrow; bondage is self-produced through attachment.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the psychology of suffering here?

He frames suffering as an inner consequence: as acquisition increases, the mind becomes increasingly burdened—fear of loss, craving, and anxiety arise from one’s own choices.

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

By highlighting detachment as a dharmic discipline, the text implicitly points toward steadiness of mind as the ground for higher devotion and alignment with Vishnu as the sustaining Supreme Reality.