Shloka 62

प्रह्लादस्य अव्यभिचारिणी भक्ति, मायाविनाशः, तथा विष्णोः विश्वरूप-स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

ततो दैत्या दानवाश् च पर्वतैस् तं महोदधौ आक्रम्य चयनं चक्रुर् योजनानि सहस्रशः

Transliteration

tato daityā dānavāś ca parvatais taṃ mahodadhau ākramya cayanaṃ cakrur yojanāni sahasraśaḥ

Translation

Then the Daityas and Dānavas, pressing him down in that vast ocean with mountains, fashioned a bedding for him, stretching for thousands upon thousands of yojanas.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/सम्बन्धबोधकः) = indeclinable adverb: 'then/from there'

• दैत्याः: the Daityas
• दैत्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन = Masculine, Nominative plural

• दानवाः: the Danavas
• दानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन = Masculine, Nominative plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-संबन्धः) = conjunction 'and'

• पर्वतैः: with mountains
• पर्वतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन = Masculine, Instrumental plural

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन = Masculine, Accusative singular (pronoun)

• महोदधौ: in the great ocean
• महोदधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोदधि (प्रातिपदिक: महा+उदधि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन = Masculine, Locative singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (विशेषणपूर्वपद)

• आक्रम्य: having attacked
• आक्रम्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त) = gerund/absolutive; 'having attacked/assailed'

• चयनम्: a piling/heap (a mound)
• चयनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चयन (प्रातिपदिक; √चि 'to pile')
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन = Neuter, Accusative singular

• चक्रुः: they made
• चक्रुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन = Perfect, 3rd person plural

• योजनानि: yojanas (leagues)
• योजनानि: Karma (Extent/measure as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन = Neuter, Accusative plural (measure)

• सहस्रशः: by thousands
• सहस्रशः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) = indeclinable distributive/adverb 'by thousands'

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana (cosmic)

Characters & Entities

• Daityas
• Danavas
• Mahodadhi (the great ocean)

FAQs

What is the significance of the Asuras using mountains in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse depicts Daityas and Dānavas employing mountains as instruments of force, a recurring Purāṇic symbol of chaotic power trying to weigh down or control a cosmic situation within the primeval oceanic setting.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the unfolding of cosmic order here?

Parāśara presents events as a structured narrative where even disruptive beings act within a larger, intelligible cosmic sequence—implying that the universe’s order ultimately frames and contains their actions.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when not named explicitly in the verse, the episode belongs to a cosmological arc where disorder confronts the divine ground of stability—reinforcing the Purāṇic view that supreme sovereignty (ultimately Vishnu) governs the world-process.