Shloka 1

Devanagari script

इदं च शृणु मैत्रेय यत् पृष्टो ऽहम् इह त्वया श्रीसंबद्धं मयाप्य् एतच् श्रुतम् आसीन् मरीचितः

Transliteration

idaṃ ca śṛṇu maitreya yat pṛṣṭo 'ham iha tvayā śrīsaṃbaddhaṃ mayāpy etac śrutam āsīn marīcitaḥ

Translation

Hear this also, O Maitreya—what you have asked me here. This account, bound up with Śrī (Lakṣmī), I too once heard from Marīci.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मैत्रेय: O Maitreya
• मैत्रेय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैत्रेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• यत्: which/that (what)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• पृष्टः: asked
• पृष्टः: Predicate (विशेष्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• श्री: Lakshmi/fortune
• श्री: Qualifier (विशेषण-पूर्वपद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण (समासपूर्वपद)

• संबद्धम्: connected/related
• संबद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + बन्ध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘श्री’-सम्बन्धि

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र द्वितीया (object of ‘श्रुतम्’)

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Predicate (विशेष्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मरीचितः: from Marichi
• मरीचितः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरीचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: A Śrī-related account requested by Maitreya; transmission heard from Marīci

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: revealing

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Sacred knowledge about Śrī is to be received through attentive listening within an authentic guru-paramparā (here, Marīci → Parāśara → Maitreya).

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Seek teachings through reliable lineages and practice śravaṇa (deep listening) as a devotional discipline before drawing conclusions.

Vishishtadvaita: Highlights Śrī as intrinsically ‘saṃbaddhā’ (inseparably related) to the Lord and to revelation, consonant with Śrī’s mediating and inseparable role in Viśiṣṭādvaita.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Lakshmi Presence: Sri

Characters & Entities

• Maitreya
• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Marīci
• Parāśara

FAQs

What is the significance of Śrī (Lakṣmī) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames the upcoming teaching as “Śrī-connected,” signaling Lakṣmī’s central theological role as the divine power and auspiciousness inseparable from Viṣṇu’s sovereignty.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the authority of his narration to Maitreya?

He grounds his answer in a received tradition—stating he heard this very account from the sage Marīci—thereby presenting the teaching as part of an established sacred transmission.

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

By highlighting a topic “connected with Śrī,” the verse implicitly points to Viṣṇu as the supreme reality whose lordship is expressed together with Śrī, the source of prosperity, order, and protection.