Shloka 85

देवकी-विवाहः, आकाशवाणी, भूरभारावतरण-याचना, क्षीराब्धि-स्तुति, केशावतार-नियोजनम्

Devanagari script

प्रातश् चैवापराह्णे च स्तोष्यन्त्य् आनम्रमूर्तयः तेषां हि प्रार्थितं सर्वं मत्प्रसादाद् भविष्यति

Transliteration

prātaś caivāparāhṇe ca stoṣyanty ānamramūrtayaḥ teṣāṃ hi prārthitaṃ sarvaṃ matprasādād bhaviṣyati

Translation

In the morning and again in the afternoon, with forms bowed in reverence, they shall praise you. For whatever they pray for shall come to be through My grace alone.

Word by Word

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — 'in the morning'

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) — 'indeed/just'

• अपराह्णे: in the afternoon
• अपराह्णे: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपराह्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Locative singular; 'in the afternoon'

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• स्तोṣ्यन्ति: will praise
• स्तोṣ्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — 'they will praise'

• आनम्रमूर्तयः: the bowed-formed (humble) ones
• आनम्रमूर्तयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनम्र + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Karmadhāraya 'those whose forms are bowed'; subject of stoṣyanti

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Genitive plural

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; कारण/निश्चय) — 'indeed/for'

• प्रार्थितम्: the requested (boon)
• प्रार्थितम्: Karta (Subject of bhaviṣyati/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र + अर्थ् (धातु) → प्रार्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्यय (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'that which is requested'

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — agrees with प्रार्थितम्

• मत्प्रसादात्: from my grace
• मत्प्रसादात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठी-एकवचन-रूप) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Ablative singular; कारणार्थे; Tatpuruṣa 'from my grace'

• भविष्यति: will happen, will come to be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 'will be/come to pass'

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (conveying the Lord’s assurance of grace within his teaching to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Daily rhythm of praise and the doctrine that results flow from the Lord’s grace (prasāda).

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: authoritative

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Regular worship at prescribed times, performed with humility, bears fruit because fulfillment ultimately proceeds from the Lord’s prasāda, not mere human effort.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Keep a steady daily practice (morning/afternoon prayer), and hold results lightly as grace—reducing anxiety and strengthening surrender.

Vishishtadvaita: Prapatti-bhāva: human effort is real yet subordinate; the decisive cause of attainment is the Lord’s compassionate grace.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Vasudeva

Bhakti Type: Dasya

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Devotees

FAQs

What is the significance of praising Vishnu in the morning and afternoon in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames regular, time-bound devotion as a disciplined rhythm of bhakti, where remembrance and praise align the devotee with Vishnu’s sustaining order and invite His grace.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the fulfillment of prayers here?

Parāśara presents fulfillment not as mere ritual outcome but as dependent on Vishnu’s prasāda—divine approval—emphasizing that results ultimately rest on the Lord’s sovereignty.

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

Vishnu is shown as the supreme dispenser of fruits: even sincere requests culminate only through His grace, reinforcing a Vaishnava view of God as both the highest reality and the ultimate giver.