Shloka 93

सूर्यरथ-कालचक्र-आयनविभागः, संध्योपासनम्, देवयान-पितृयानम्, विष्णुपद-गङ्गावतरणम्

Devanagari script

ते ऽसंप्रयोगाल् लोभस्य मैथुनस्य च वर्जनात् इच्छाद्वेषाप्रवृत्त्या च भूतारम्भविवर्जनात्

Transliteration

te 'saṃprayogāl lobhasya maithunasya ca varjanāt icchādveṣāpravṛttyā ca bhūtārambhavivarjanāt

Translation

Because they do not associate with greed and renounce sexual indulgence; because they do not set desire and aversion into motion; and because they refrain from initiating new embodied undertakings—thus they cut off the very beginnings of bondage and move toward release.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Pronoun: Nominative, Plural)

• असंप्रयोगात्: from non-association
• असंप्रयोगात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ (नञ्) + संप्रयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे पञ्चमी एकवचनम् (Masculine, Ablative, Singular)

• लोभस्य: of greed
• लोभस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• मैथुनस्य: of sexual intercourse
• मैथुनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैथुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (Neuter, Genitive, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction

• वर्जनात्: from avoidance/renunciation
• वर्जनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी एकवचनम् (Neuter, Ablative, Singular)

• इच्छाद्वेषाप्रवृत्त्या: by non-engagement in desire and aversion
• इच्छाद्वेषाप्रवृत्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इच्छा (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वेष (प्रातिपदिक) + अप्रवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम् (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular); तत्पुरुषः (इच्छा-द्वेषयोः अप्रवृत्तिः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction

• भूतारम्भविवर्जनात्: from refraining from initiating (worldly) beings/undertakings
• भूतारम्भविवर्जनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + आरम्भ (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी एकवचनम् (Neuter, Ablative, Singular); तत्पुरुषः (भूत-आरम्भस्य विवर्जनम्)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: By renouncing greed and sexuality, refusing to energize desire and aversion, and avoiding fresh entangling undertakings, one cuts off the root-beginnings of bondage.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Reduce acquisitive habits, practice sensory moderation, observe mental reactions (rāga-dveṣa) without feeding them, and simplify commitments that perpetuate compulsive becoming.

Vishishtadvaita: Bondage is sustained by rāga-dveṣa and karma-ārambha; their cessation purifies the jīva for surrender and grace-oriented liberation in Vaishnava soteriology.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

FAQs

What is the significance of renouncing greed and sexual indulgence in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames greed and sensual attachment as key drivers of bondage; their renunciation reduces compulsion and prevents new karmic entanglements from forming.

How does Sage Parāśara explain desire and aversion (icchā-dveṣa) in relation to karma?

He presents them as the inner triggers of pravṛtti (worldly engagement); when they are not activated, actions lose their binding momentum and the cycle of becoming weakens.

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

Though Vishnu is not named here, the teaching aligns with the Vishnu Purana’s moksha-aim: by ending bondage-causes, the seeker becomes fit for realization of the Supreme Reality (Vishnu) as the ultimate refuge and goal.