Shloka 14

वेदव्यास-परम्परा तथा प्रणव-ब्रह्म-स्तुति

Devanagari script

एकादशे तु त्रिवृषा भारद्वाजस् ततः परम् त्रयोदशे चान्तरिक्षो वर्णी चापि चतुर्दशे

Transliteration

ekādaśe tu trivṛṣā bhāradvājas tataḥ param trayodaśe cāntarikṣo varṇī cāpi caturdaśe

Translation

In the eleventh, Trivṛṣā is remembered; thereafter, in the twelfth, Bhāradvāja. In the thirteenth is Antarikṣa, and in the fourteenth also Varṇī—thus they are enumerated in due sequence.

Word by Word

• एकादशे: in the eleventh
• एकादशे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणवत्

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपातः (particle: but/indeed)

• त्रिवृषा: Trivṛṣā
• त्रिवृषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + वृष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिः: ‘त्रयो वृषा यस्य’/‘त्रिवृष’ इति नाम; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• भारद्वाजः: Bhāradvāja
• भारद्वाजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• ततः: thereafter/from that
• ततः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अपादानार्थक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (ablatival adverb: from then/from that)

• परम्: next/further
• परम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb: further/next)

• त्रयोदशे: in the thirteenth
• त्रयोदशे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रयोदशम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• अन्तरिक्षः: Antarikṣa
• अन्तरिक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; नामरूपेण (proper name)

• वर्णी: Varṇī
• वर्णी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्णिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; इकारान्त-प्रातिपदिकम् (varṇī < varṇin)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपातः (also/even)

• चतुर्दशे: in the fourteenth
• चतुर्दशे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Continuation of Manvantara-wise enumeration of designated rulers/sages (office-holders)

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: systematic

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Manvantara

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Characters & Entities

• Parashara
• Maitreya
• Trivṛṣā
• Bhāradvāja
• Antarikṣa
• Varṇī

FAQs

What is the significance of listing names across Manvantaras in the Vishnu Purana?

It anchors cosmic history in a structured timeline, showing how dharma-bearing figures appear in each Manvantara under Vishnu’s overarching governance.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the Manvantara sequence here?

He proceeds by numbered cycles (11th, 13th, 14th), placing specific named figures in each, emphasizing orderly succession rather than isolated mythic episodes.

What is Lord Vishnu’s theological importance in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Manvantara framework presupposes Vishnu as the Supreme Reality who sustains cyclical time, appointing and upholding cosmic administration.