Shloka 10

भरतचरितम्—मृगासक्ति-हेतुकः समाधिभङ्गः, जातिस्मरत्वं, रहूगण-जाḍभरत-संवादः

Devanagari script

नान्यज् जगाद मैत्रेय किंचित् स्वप्नान्तरेष्व् अपि एतत् पदं तदर्थं च विना नान्यद् अचिन्तयत्

Transliteration

nānyaj jagāda maitreya kiṃcit svapnāntareṣv api etat padaṃ tadarthaṃ ca vinā nānyad acintayat

Translation

O Maitreya, he spoke of nothing else—indeed, not even in the intervals of dream. Apart from this very word and its meaning, he contemplated nothing whatsoever.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• anyat: anything else
• anyat: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक (pronoun/adjectival stem)

• jagāda: said/spoke
• jagāda: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gad (गद् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• kiṃcit: anything (at all)
• kiṃcit: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcit (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रमाणवाचक (indefinite)

• svapna-antareṣu: even in dreams
• svapna-antareṣu: Adhikarana (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svapna (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (svapnānām antareṣu = in the intervals/during dreams)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying padaṃ)

• padam: word/term
• padam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tad-artham: its meaning
• tad-artham: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tasya arthaḥ = its meaning)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vinā: without
• vinā: Sambandha (Exclusion)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: वियोगार्थक-अव्यय/उपपद (preposition-like: without); द्वितीयान्त-सम्बन्धः

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• anyat: anything else
• anyat: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• acintayat: did not think (of)
• acintayat: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: cint (चिन्त् धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; नकार-पूर्वक (a- = negation)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (addressing Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Description of the ascetic’s single-pointed contemplation (pada and artha) and conduct

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: authoritative

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Single-pointed remembrance—clinging only to the sacred word and its meaning—excludes all other mental wanderings, even in dream-intervals.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Adopt a daily japa/naam-smaraṇa practice with reflective contemplation of the meaning, gently returning the mind whenever it strays.

Vishishtadvaita: Bhakti as sustained, meaning-filled remembrance directed to the personal Lord (Hari), not an abstract void, aligning mind and will to Him.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Maitreya

FAQs

What is the significance of constant remembrance in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse highlights uninterrupted focus—speaking and thinking only of the sacred word and its meaning—presenting devotion as a continuous inner discipline that persists even through dream-like states.

How does Sage Parāśara explain single-pointed meditation (ekāgratā)?

By describing a person who neither speaks nor thinks of anything else, Parāśara frames ekāgratā as total absorption in one sacred expression (pada) together with its realized meaning (artha).

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

Though Vishnu is not named in this line, the verse supports Vaishnava practice: liberation-oriented devotion arises from unwavering contemplation of the Supreme—held through sacred utterance and its truth.