Shloka 83
इक्ष्वाकुवंश-प्रसङ्गः, पुरंजय-दैवसाहाय्य-कथा, युवनाश्व-मांधातृ-उत्पत्तिः, सौभरि-वैराग्योपदेशः
दुःखं यदैवैकशरीरजन्म शतार्धसंख्यं यद् इदं प्रसूतम् परिग्रहेण क्षितिपात्मजानां सुतैर् अनेकैर् बहुलीकृतं तत्
duḥkhaṃ yadaivaikaśarīrajanma śatārdhasaṃkhyaṃ yad idaṃ prasūtam parigraheṇa kṣitipātmajānāṃ sutair anekair bahulīkṛtaṃ tat
That sorrow which is born along with a single embodied life—already brought forth in countless measures—becomes multiplied still more through attachment and possession, and through the many sons of kings’ daughters and their proliferating lineages.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Why familial expansion and possessive attachment multiply suffering
Teaching: Ethical
Quality: authoritative
Concept: Suffering inherent in embodied birth is already vast, and it is further multiplied by possessive attachment and the proliferating obligations of lineage.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Hold family and social roles with duty but without grasping; simplify commitments, practice non-possessiveness, and cultivate inner freedom alongside responsibilities.
Vishishtadvaita: Worldly relations are real yet subordinate; when related to the Lord they become dharma, but when seized as ‘mine’ they intensify saṃsāric bondage.
FAQs
The verse frames possessiveness and accumulation—especially through expanding family lines—as a direct cause of multiplying sorrow within embodied existence.
Even while recounting genealogies, Parāśara highlights a moral principle: as relations, heirs, and claims increase, worldly entanglement grows and so does duḥkha.
By exposing saṁsāric duḥkha and its causes, the Purana implicitly points toward Vishnu as the supreme refuge beyond lineage-bound entanglement and worldly possession.