Shloka 25

प्रह्लादस्य विष्णुमयता, विष्णोः दर्शनं, वरदानं, तथा चरितश्रवण-फलम्

Devanagari script

प्रह्लाद सर्वम् एतत् ते मत्प्रसादाद् भविष्यति अन्यं च ते वरं दद्मि व्रियताम् असुरात्मज

Transliteration

prahlāda sarvam etat te matprasādād bhaviṣyati anyaṃ ca te varaṃ dadmi vriyatām asurātmaja

Translation

Prahlada, all this shall indeed come to pass for you by My grace. And I grant you yet another boon—choose it, O son of the Asuras.

Word by Word

• प्रह्लाद: O Prahlāda
• प्रह्लाद: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सम्प्रदान

• मत्प्रसादात्: from my grace
• मत्प्रसादात्: Apadana (Cause-source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद् (अस्मद्-षष्ठी) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम प्रसादः)

• भविष्यति: will be/shall happen
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

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

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सम्प्रदान

• वरम्: boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• दद्मि: I give
• दद्मि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• व्रियताम्: let it be chosen
• व्रियताम्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: ‘let it be chosen’)

• असुरात्मज: O son of an Asura
• असुरात्मज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (असुरस्य आत्मजः)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Prahlada, as narrated by Sage Parāśara to Maitreya)

Avatara Context

Avatara: Narasimha

Purpose: To reward Prahlāda’s unwavering devotion with boons and to establish him as a paradigmatic bhakta upheld by divine grace.

Leela: Moksha-dana

Dharma Restored: Vindication of bhakti and the principle that the Lord’s grace fulfills righteous petitions.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The Lord’s prasāda is efficacious and personal—He not only fulfills the devotee’s request but invites further desire aligned with dharma.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Frame intentions as offerings: ask for what purifies and benefits others, and accept outcomes as grace.

Vishishtadvaita: Personal Lordhood: Bhagavān relates to the jīva as master to servant, granting boons while remaining the supreme independent reality.

Prahlada Narrative

Phase: Triumph

Bhakti Quality: Śaraṇāgati (surrender) receiving explicit divine response (prasāda).

Narasimha: Narasiṃha directly addresses Prahlāda, confirms fulfillment by His grace, and offers an additional boon.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Bhakti Type: Dasya

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Prahlada
• Asuras

FAQs

What is the significance of divine grace (prasāda) in this verse of the Vishnu Purana?

The verse makes fulfillment explicitly depend on Vishnu’s prasāda, presenting grace—not birth, power, or austerity—as the decisive cause of Prahlāda’s well-being and promised outcomes.

How does Sage Parāśara frame the Prahlāda narrative in the Vishnu Purana’s dialogue style?

Parāśara narrates Vishnu’s direct speech to Prahlāda, using the boon-granting moment to show how the Supreme Lord responds to unwavering devotion within the larger didactic dialogue to Maitreya.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu here?

Vishnu is portrayed as the Supreme Reality and sovereign dispenser of boons, freely granting protection and blessings even to one born in an asuric line, underscoring bhakti and divine lordship.