Shloka 21

भू-मण्डलसंक्षेपवर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीप-सप्तसमुद्राः, मेरु-मानम्, गङ्गावतरणम्, देववन-सरोवर-लोकपालपुर्यः

Devanagari script

न स्वेदो न च दौर्गन्ध्यं न जरा नेन्द्रियक्षयः तत्पानात् स्वच्छमनसां जनानां तत्र जायते

Transliteration

na svedo na ca daurgandhyaṃ na jarā nendriyakṣayaḥ tatpānāt svacchamanasāṃ janānāṃ tatra jāyate

Translation

By drinking that sacred water, people of purified minds there know neither sweating nor foul odor; neither old age nor the wasting of the senses arises.

Word by Word

• na: not/no
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• svedaḥ: sweat
• svedaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sveda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• na: nor
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

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

• daurgandhyam: bad smell
• daurgandhyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durgandha + ya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• na: nor
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• jarā: old age
• jarā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jarā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• na: nor
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• indriyakṣayaḥ: decay of the senses
• indriyakṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indriya + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (इन्द्रियाणां क्षयः)

• tatpānāt: from drinking that (juice)
• tatpānāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + pāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (तस्य पानम्)

• svacchamanasām: of clear-minded
• svacchamanasām: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svaccha + manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (स्वच्छं मनः येषाम्)

• janānām: of people
• janānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• jāyate: arises/occurs
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: The extraordinary effects of Jambūnadī water upon beings in that region

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: authoritative

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Dvipas

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Purified-minded beings, sustained by a higher-order sacred medium, are depicted as free from bodily decline and sensory wasting.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Treat purity of mind (svacchamanas) as the prerequisite for higher well-being: cultivate sattva through restraint, clean conduct, and remembrance of the Lord.

Vishishtadvaita: Sattva-śuddhi (purification) is presented as enabling receptivity to divine order, aligning the embodied self with the Lord’s sustaining governance.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

FAQs

What is the significance of freedom from sweat, odor, and aging in the Vishnu Purana?

It signals a supra-worldly condition: a realm governed by a purer cosmic order where bodily decay and impurity do not arise.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the effect of sacred water in this verse?

He states that drinking that water brings about the absence of decay—no old age and no weakening of the senses—for those with purified minds.

What is the theological importance of Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named, the Purana’s worldview implies these realms and their laws rest upon Vishnu’s supreme governance of dharma and cosmic order.