Shloka 73

मायामोह-प्रवर्तन, वेदमार्ग-बहिष्कार, तथा पाषण्ड-संसर्ग-दोषः

Māyāmoha’s Delusion, Rejection of the Vedic Path, and the Fault of Heretical Association

Devanagari script

सापि द्वितीये संप्राप्ते वर्षे दिव्येन चक्षुषा ज्ञात्वा सृगालं तं द्रष्टुं ययौ कोलाहलं गिरिम्

Transliteration

sāpi dvitīye saṃprāpte varṣe divyena cakṣuṣā jñātvā sṛgālaṃ taṃ draṣṭuṃ yayau kolāhalaṃ girim

Translation

When the second year arrived, she too, knowing by divine sight, set out to behold that jackal and went to Mount Kolāhala.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• द्वितीये: in the second
• द्वितीये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग? (अत्र वर्षे इति नपुंसकेन सह), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• संप्राप्ते: having arrived/when (it) had come
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; वर्षे इति विशेषण

• वर्षे: in the year
• वर्षे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• दिव्येन: with divine
• दिव्येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; चक्षुषा इति विशेषण

• चक्षुषा: with (her) eye/vision
• चक्षुषा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ज्ञात्वा: having known/realized
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकाल (having done earlier)

• सृगालम्: a jackal
• सृगालम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृगाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• द्रष्टुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + तुमुन् (infinitive)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive); प्रयोजन (purpose)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कोलाहलम्: (named) Kolāhala
• कोलाहलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोलाहल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गिरिम् इति विशेषण (नामविशेषणवत्)

• गिरिम्: mountain
• गिरिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Maitreya
• sṛgāla (jackal)
• Kolāhala mountain

FAQs

What is the significance of divine sight (divya-cakṣus) in this verse of the Vishnu Purana?

It indicates knowledge that surpasses ordinary perception, showing how Purāṇic narratives frame key turns of fate as being revealed through higher, divinely granted awareness.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the unfolding of events over time in this passage?

By marking the arrival of the second year and linking action to revealed knowledge, the narration emphasizes orderly progression—time, insight, and consequent action moving in a dharmic sequence.

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

Even without Vishnu being named in the verse, the Purāṇic worldview assumes a cosmos governed by Vishnu’s supreme sovereignty, where time, knowledge, and destiny operate within the sustaining order he embodies.