Shloka 25

भारतवर्षमहात्म्यम् — कर्मभूमित्वम्, नवभेदाः, कुलपर्वताः-नद्यः-जनपदाः, युगचक्रविशेषः, यज्ञपुरुषविष्णुपूजा

Devanagari script

कर्माण्य् असंकल्पिततत्फलानि संन्यस्य विष्णौ परमात्मरूपे अवाप्य तां कर्ममहीम् अनन्ते तस्मिंल् लयं ये त्व् अमलाः प्रयान्ति

Transliteration

karmāṇy asaṃkalpitatatphalāni saṃnyasya viṣṇau paramātmarūpe avāpya tāṃ karmamahīm anante tasmiṃl layaṃ ye tv amalāḥ prayānti

Translation

The stainless, without imagining or craving the fruits of action, lay all deeds into Viṣṇu—the Supreme Self in His own form. They attain that boundless realm founded upon sacred action, and, reaching the Infinite, dissolve into Him alone.

Word by Word

• कर्माणि: actions
• कर्माणि: Karma (Object of saṃnyasya/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (plural)

• असंकल्पिततत्फलानि: whose fruits are not intended/desired
• असंकल्पिततत्फलानि: Visheshana (Qualifier of karmāṇi/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-सम्-कल्पित-तत्-फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (plural); समासः तत्पुरुषः; 'असंकल्पित' = न संकल्पित (not intended), 'तत्फल' = तस्य फलम् (its fruit)

• संन्यस्य: having renounced
• संन्यस्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-नि-√अस्/न्यस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भावः; अव्ययकृदन्त (having renounced)

• विष्णौ: in Viṣṇu
• विष्णौ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (singular)

• परमात्मरूपे: in the form of the Supreme Self
• परमात्मरूपे: Visheshana (Appositional qualifier to viṣṇau/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-आत्मन्-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (singular); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (परमात्मनः रूपम्)

• अवाप्य: having attained
• अवाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययकृदन्त

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma (Object of avāpya/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• कर्ममहीम्: the field/earth of action (karmabhūmi)
• कर्ममहीम्: Karma (Apposition to tām/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्म-भूमि/मही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (singular); समासः तत्पुरुषः (कर्मणः मही)

• अनन्ते: in the Infinite (Ananta/Vishnu)
• अनन्ते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (singular)

• तस्मिन्: in him/therein
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine/neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (singular)

• लयम्: dissolution/absorption
• लयम्: Karma (Object of prayānti/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (plural), सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse connector (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• अमलाः: pure/unstained
• अमलाः: Visheshana (Qualifier of ye/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• प्रयान्ति: go/attain
• प्रयान्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Why Bhārata is the field of action leading to svarga and apavarga; the path of offering karma to Viṣṇu

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: revealing

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Actions relinquished in Viṣṇu without desire for their fruits purify the doer and culminate in final absorption in the Infinite.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Perform duty with excellence, drop fruit-craving, and mentally offer every act to Viṣṇu through daily saṅkalpa/ārpaṇa.

Vishishtadvaita: Frames liberation as reaching the Infinite Lord through surrendered action—Viṣṇu as supreme Self and ultimate ground of karmic purification.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Ananta (the Infinite aspect of Vishnu)

FAQs

What is the significance of renouncing the fruits of action in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents liberation as arising from offering actions to Viṣṇu without craving outcomes; purity (amalatva) and God-centered karma culminate in absorption into the Infinite.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the path from action to liberation (moksha)?

Parāśara frames action as spiritually effective when its fruits are not desired and the action itself is surrendered to Viṣṇu as Paramātman, leading the purified practitioner toward final laya in Him.

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

Viṣṇu is portrayed as the Supreme Self (Paramātman) and the Infinite (Ananta), the ultimate locus where surrendered action matures into liberation and final absorption.