Shloka 87

Devanagari script

अहं चरिष्यामि तथात्मनो ऽर्थे परिग्रहग्राहगृहीतबुद्धिः यथा हि भूयः परिहीनदोषो जनस्य दुःखैर् भविता न दुःखी

Transliteration

ahaṃ cariṣyāmi tathātmano 'rthe parigrahagrāhagṛhītabuddhiḥ yathā hi bhūyaḥ parihīnadoṣo janasya duḥkhair bhavitā na duḥkhī

Translation

Thus will I live for my own true good—my mind no longer seized by the urge to grasp and hoard possessions—so that, once more free from fault, I may not become one who suffers when the people suffer.

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• चरिष्यामि: I will practice/act
• चरिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• तथा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• आत्मनः: of myself
• आत्मनः: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अर्थे: for the sake (in the matter)
• अर्थे: Adhikarana (Locus/Purpose-context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• परिग्रहग्राहगृहीतबुद्धिः: whose mind is seized by the ‘crocodile’ of possessiveness
• परिग्रहग्राहगृहीतबुद्धिः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिग्रह + ग्राह + गृहीत + बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक); गृहीत (कृदन्त; √ग्रह् धातु, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (परिग्रहस्य ग्राहेण गृहीता बुद्धिः)

• यथा: so that, as
• यथा: Connector (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (conj. ‘so that/as’)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ

• भूयः: again, further
• भूयः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय/तुलनात्मक-रूप)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरर्थक/अधिक्यवाचक (again/more)

• परिहीनदोषः: free from defects
• परिहीनदोषः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + हीन + दोष (प्रातिपदिक); हीन (कृदन्त; √हा धातु, क्त/निष्ठा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (परिहीनाः दोषाः यस्य)

• जनस्य: of people / of a person
• जनस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• दुःखैः: by sufferings
• दुःखैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• भविता: will become / will be
• भविता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: परस्मैपद-कर्तरि, लृट्-सम्बद्धः ‘भवितृ’ (future active participle/agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• दुःखी: sorrowful
• दुःखी: Predicate/Complement (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (भविता इति)

Speaker

Uncertain from isolated verse; likely a renunciant/kingly figure speaking within the Parasara–Maitreya narrative frame

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: By restraining the grasping impulse of possession (parigraha) and purifying faults, one becomes steady and does not mirror the world’s sorrow as personal suffering.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Practice aparigraha (limits on accumulation), cultivate seva without ownership, and observe one’s motives when helping others.

Vishishtadvaita: Ethical purification prepares the jīva to serve the Lord and beings as His śeṣa (dependent), reducing egoic appropriation (ahaṅkāra-mamatā).

Vaishnava Theology

Bhakti Type: Shanta

FAQs

What is the significance of non-possessiveness (aparigraha) in this Vishnu Purana verse?

The verse treats grasping for possessions as a force that “seizes” the intellect; renouncing that impulse is presented as the path to becoming faultless and inwardly unshaken.

How does the Vishnu Purana frame personal discipline as social responsibility here?

By linking inner purification with public welfare: when one is freed from defects born of greed, one does not become personally distressed or destabilized amid the sorrows of the people.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named, the Purana’s Vaishnava ethic is implied: self-mastery and dharmic conduct align the individual with the cosmic order upheld by Vishnu, the supreme governor of dharma.