Shloka 43
कलियुग-प्रवृत्तिः, सप्तर्षि-गणना, धरणीगीताः, च वंश-समाप्तिः
Kali-yuga onset, Saptarṣi reckoning, Dharaṇī-gītā, and closure of the dynastic account
कथं ममेयम् अचला मत्पुत्रस्य कथं मही मद्वंशस्येति चिन्तार्ता जग्मुर् अन्तम् इमे नृपाः
kathaṃ mameyam acalā matputrasya kathaṃ mahī madvaṃśasyeti cintārtā jagmur antam ime nṛpāḥ
Tormented by anxious thoughts—“How shall this immovable earth be mine? How shall this land belong to my son? How shall it remain with my own lineage?”—these kings came at last to their end.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: The existential and ethical lesson drawn from the rise and fall of kings.
Teaching: Ethical
Quality: compassionate
Concept: Anxious clinging to property, heirs, and lineage cannot prevent death; such fixation is the sorrow of saṃsāra.
Vedantic Theme: Moksha
Application: Shift from legacy-obsession to dharmic living and devotion; plan responsibly but relinquish possessive anxiety.
Vishishtadvaita: True security lies not in lineage-control but in surrender to the Lord who alone is the enduring refuge across generations.
FAQs
This verse highlights the Purana’s recurring lesson that political power and property are transient; fixation on “mine, my son, my dynasty” ends in death, underscoring the supremacy of cosmic order over personal possession.
Parāśara presents dynastic succession as a moralized history: rulers rise, claim the earth, plan inheritance, and yet are inevitably overtaken by the end—placing genealogy within a larger vision of time and dharma.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the implication is Vaishnava: the earth and sovereignty ultimately belong to the Supreme Reality who sustains order, while individual kings and dynasties are temporary custodians.