Shloka 12

शरद्वर्णनं, योगोपमा, तथा गोवर्धन-यज्ञप्रवर्तनम्

Devanagari script

बभूव विमलं व्योम शरदाध्वस्ततोयदम् योगाग्निदग्धक्लेशौघं योगिनाम् इव मानसम्

Transliteration

babhūva vimalaṃ vyoma śaradādhvastatoyadam yogāgnidagdhakleśaughaṃ yoginām iva mānasam

Translation

The sky became spotless—like the autumn heavens when the rain-clouds are driven away—resembling the mind of yogins, whose heaps of affliction are burned up by the fire of Yoga.

Word by Word

• बभूव: became; came to be
• बभूव: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• विमलम्: pure; spotless
• विमलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom/acc), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (adjective)

• व्योम: sky
• व्योम: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• शरदाध्वस्ततोयदम्: whose rain-clouds were destroyed by autumn
• शरदाध्वस्ततोयदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्वस्त (कृदन्त) + तोयद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom/acc), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (शरदा ध्वस्ताः तोयदाः यस्य)

• योगाग्निदग्धक्लेशौघम्: whose mass of afflictions was burnt by the fire of yoga
• योगाग्निदग्धक्लेशौघम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + दग्ध (कृदन्त) + क्लेश (प्रातिपदिक) + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom/acc), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (योगाग्निना दग्धः क्लेशौघः यस्य)

• योगिनाम्: of yogins
• योगिनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• इव: like; as if
• इव: Upamana-marker (Simile marker/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• मानसम्: mind
• मानसम्: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom/acc), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: poetic, contemplative

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: As autumn clears the sky, yoga burns away kleśas, leaving the mind stainless and luminous.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Use steady meditative discipline to reduce mental afflictions and cultivate inner clarity amid changing conditions.

Vishishtadvaita: Purification is grace-assisted discipline: the jīva’s mind becomes clear to serve and know the Supreme who remains distinct yet indwelling.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Yoga (as purifying discipline)

FAQs

What is the significance of the autumn-sky metaphor in the Vishnu Purana?

It links outer cosmos and inner consciousness: just as autumn clears the sky of rain-clouds, yoga clears the mind of accumulated afflictions, revealing a natural purity.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the removal of kleśas (afflictions)?

Through the image of “yogāgni” (the fire of yoga): disciplined realization burns away the mass of kleśas, leaving the mind lucid and steady.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named, the Purana’s worldview treats cosmic order and inner purification as expressions of the Supreme Reality’s governance—where the purified mind aligns with dharma under Vishnu’s sovereignty.