Shloka 5
भविष्य-मन्वन्तराः (अष्टम-चतुर्दश) तथा कल्प-युग-व्यवस्था
छायासंज्ञा ददौ शापं यमाय कुपिता यदा तदान्येयम् असौ बुद्धिर् इत्य् आसीद् यमसूर्ययोः
chāyāsaṃjñā dadau śāpaṃ yamāya kupitā yadā tadānyeyam asau buddhir ity āsīd yamasūryayoḥ
When Chāyā, bearing the name Saṃjñā, grew wrathful, she laid a curse upon Yama. From that moment Yama and the Sun understood alike: “Her mind is not truly her own; it belongs to another.”
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Manvantara accounts—genealogical origins around the solar deity and his offspring.
Teaching: Historical
Quality: authoritative
Concept: Anger and impulsive speech (śāpa) reveal inner disharmony and can expose hidden truth, urging discernment (viveka).
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Pause before reacting in anger; examine motives and identity-claims before judging or cursing others.
Vishishtadvaita: Even amid psychological confusion, order is preserved through higher governance—implying a cosmos regulated by the Lord’s immanent rule though not named here.
Key Kings: Yama, Vivasvān (Sūrya), Chāyā (Saṃjñā)
FAQs
This verse highlights Chāyā’s distinct nature: her anger and curse reveal to Yama and Sūrya that her mind is “of another,” signaling she is not the original Saṃjñā and advancing the plot of substitution within the Solar-family narrative.
Parāśara frames the curse as the decisive clue—once Chāyā curses Yama in anger, Yama and Sūrya infer that her disposition is not Saṃjñā’s, and suspicion about her true identity becomes certainty.
Even in genealogical episodes, the Vishnu Purana presents a moral universe where dharma and consequence govern relationships—an order ultimately grounded in the Supreme Reality of Vishnu, who sustains cosmic law through such narrative causality.