Shloka 28

अक्रूरस्य यमुनादर्शनम्, मथुराप्रवेशः, रजकवधः, माल्यजीवकवरदानम्

Devanagari script

नोपसर्गादिकं दोषं युष्मत्संततिसंभवः संप्राप्स्यति महाभाग यावत् सूर्यो भविष्यति

Transliteration

nopasargādikaṃ doṣaṃ yuṣmatsaṃtatisaṃbhavaḥ saṃprāpsyati mahābhāga yāvat sūryo bhaviṣyati

Translation

O greatly fortunate one, no affliction—no calamity or taint of any kind—shall ever befall the descendants of your lineage, for as long as the Sun endures.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• उपसर्गादिकम्: beginning with afflictions (etc.)
• उपसर्गादिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपसर्ग + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (उपसर्गः आदिः यस्य) विशेषणम् (दोषम्)

• दोषम्: fault/evil
• दोषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• युष्मत्संततिसंभवः: one born in your lineage
• युष्मत्संततिसंभवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मत् + संतति + संभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (युष्मत्संततेः संभवः)

• संप्राप्स्यति: will encounter/attain
• संप्राप्स्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महाभाग: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक; महा + भाग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् भागः यस्य)

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: अव्यय; काल-परिमाणवाचक (as long as)

• सूर्यः: the sun
• सूर्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will exist
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating the royal genealogies to Maitreya; the blessing is voiced within the embedded dynasty narrative)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: authoritative

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: Kṛṣṇa grants protective benediction that no calamity will touch the devotee’s descendants as long as the sun endures.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Protection (rakṣā) of the devotee’s family line from misfortune, affirming the Lord as guardian of His bhaktas.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The Lord’s protection for His devotee is portrayed as enduring and as dependable as the cosmic order symbolized by the Sun.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: In adversity, anchor the mind in remembrance and trust; practice resilience as an expression of bhakti.

Vishishtadvaita: Cosmic order and personal grace are unified: the same Lord who sustains the sun’s course sustains the devotee’s welfare.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Dasya

Characters & Entities

• Surya (the Sun)
• Royal descendants (saṃtati)

FAQs

What is the significance of promising freedom from calamities to a royal lineage in the Vishnu Purana?

It frames kingship as an instrument of cosmic order: a protected, stable lineage signals dharma’s continuity and the orderly transmission of authority across generations.

How does Sage Parāśara explain continuity of a dynasty in genealogical chapters?

Through embedded blessings and boons that tie royal succession to cosmic markers (like the Sun’s endurance), Parāśara presents lineage as sustained by a larger, divinely governed order.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context even when not named in the verse?

The Purana’s dynastic assurances operate within Vishnu’s sovereignty over time and cosmos; stability of lineage and protection from misfortune are understood as effects of that supreme governance.