Shloka 24

Devanagari script

इतीरितस् तेन स राजवर्यस् तत्याज भेदं परमार्थदृष्टिः स चापि जातिस्मरणाप्तबोधस् तत्रैव जन्मन्य् अपवर्गम् आप

Transliteration

itīritas tena sa rājavaryas tatyāja bhedaṃ paramārthadṛṣṭiḥ sa cāpi jātismaraṇāptabodhas tatraiva janmany apavargam āpa

Translation

Thus instructed by him, that best of kings—his vision fixed on the highest truth—abandoned all sense of division. And awakened by the knowledge gained through remembrance of former births, he attained apavarga, final release, in that very life.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Vakya-parisamapti (Discourse marker/वाक्यपरिसमाप्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उक्त्यर्थ/quotative particle): ‘thus’

• ईरितः: having been addressed
• ईरितः: Karta-anvayi Visheshana (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर्/ईरय् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having been spoken/told’

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘by him’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• राजवर्यः: the excellent king
• राजवर्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāja + varya (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: वर्यः राजा (श्रेष्ठराजः)

• तत्याज: abandoned
• तत्याज: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भेदम्: difference (sense of separateness)
• भेदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• परमार्थदृष्टिः: one whose vision was of the highest truth
• परमार्थदृष्टिः: Karta-anvayi Visheshana (Appositional qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama + artha + dṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: परमार्थे दृष्टिः (यस्य)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samucchaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात): ‘also’

• जातिस्मरणाप्तबोधः: one who attained awakening through recollection of past births
• जातिस्मरणाप्तबोधः: Karta-anvayi Visheshana (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāti + smaraṇa + āpta + bodha (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः: जातिस्मरणेन आप्तः बोधः यस्य (बहुपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-समासार्थ)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक): ‘there’

• एव: indeed, right there
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण/particle): ‘indeed/just’

• जन्मनि: in (that) birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अपवर्गम्: liberation
• अपवर्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apavarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आप: attained
• आप: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Fixing vision on the highest truth and abandoning the sense of division, one may attain apavarga even in this life through awakened knowledge.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Sustain a disciplined contemplative practice; treat insights as commitments (niṣṭhā), not passing experiences.

Vishishtadvaita: Liberation is attained by true knowledge that aligns the jīva’s vision with the supreme reality, without denying lived plurality as dependent on the Lord.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Maitreya
• A rājavarya (exemplary king)
• Apavarga (Liberation)

FAQs

What is the significance of apavarga (liberation) in this verse of the Vishnu Purana?

It states that liberation is attainable here and now—within the same embodied life—when true knowledge arises and the mind abandons divisive perception (bheda).

How does Sage Parāśara explain the role of right vision (paramārtha-dṛṣṭi) in spiritual freedom?

Parāśara presents right vision as the decisive shift: when one sees the highest reality, the habitual sense of separation falls away, and that insight ripens into release.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named directly, the Vishnu Purana’s frame implies that realizing the supreme truth ultimately means aligning with the highest divine reality—Vishnu as the ground of liberation and cosmic order.