Shloka 43

कुब्जानुग्रहः, धनुर्भङ्गः, कुवलयापीडवधः, मल्लयुद्धं, कंसवधः, स्तुतयः

Devanagari script

विकासिशरदम्भोजम् अवश्यायजलोक्षितम् परिभूय स्थितं जन्म सफलं क्रियतां दृशः

Transliteration

vikāsiśaradambhojam avaśyāyajalokṣitam paribhūya sthitaṃ janma saphalaṃ kriyatāṃ dṛśaḥ

Translation

Like an autumn lotus newly opened yet beaded with dew, this life stands amid the world’s disregard; let your gaze make it meaningful—let this birth be fulfilled by seeing rightly.

Word by Word

• विकासि-शरद्-अम्भोजम्: like a blooming autumn lotus
• विकासि-शरद्-अम्भोजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकासिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + शरद् (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्भोज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्मधारय: विकासि च तत् शरद्-अम्भोजम्

• अवश्याय-जल-उक्षितम्: sprinkled with dew-water
• अवश्याय-जल-उक्षितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवश्याय (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक) + उक्ष् (धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कृदन्त: उक्षित (√उक्ष् ‘to sprinkle’ क्त) ‘sprinkled’; तत्पुरुष: अवश्याय-जलैः उक्षितम्

• परिभूय: having surpassed; excelling
• परिभूय: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि-भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) — having surpassed/overcome

• स्थितम्: standing; present
• स्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कृदन्त: स्थित (√स्था क्त) ‘standing/being’

• जन्म: life; birth
• जन्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• सफलम्: fruitful
• सफलम्: Karma-predicative (Object-complement/कर्मप्रवचनीय-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• क्रियताम्: let (it) be made
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — Imperative 3rd sg. (passive sense: ‘let it be made’)

• दृशः: of (your) sight/eyes
• दृशः: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya; verse framed as a poetic appeal within the episode)

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: Kṛṣṇa appears to grant saving vision (darśana) and to uproot adharma, turning mortal life toward its true fulfillment.

Leela: Moksha-dana

Dharma Restored: Right orientation of life through darśana and devotion

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Human birth becomes fruitful when one attains right seeing (darśana) of the Lord, like a lotus made meaningful by being truly beheld.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Treat devotional attention—seeing, remembering, and honoring the divine—as a daily discipline that gives purpose beyond social disregard.

Vishishtadvaita: Salvation is mediated by the personal Lord accessible to the senses through grace-filled darśana, not by an abstract absolute alone.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Shanta

FAQs

What is the significance of the autumn lotus metaphor in this Vishnu Purana verse?

It portrays life as beautiful yet impermanent—freshly blossomed but immediately touched by dew—urging the listener to treat human birth as precious and time-bound.

How does Sage Parāśara explain making one’s life ‘fruitful’ here?

By emphasizing dṛś (right seeing): fulfillment comes through a transformed vision—recognizing what truly matters beyond neglect, status, or passing conditions.

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

Even when Vishnu is not explicitly named, the verse aligns with Vaishnava puranic teaching: human life gains its highest purpose when perception turns toward the Supreme Reality and dharmic orientation rather than transient worldly valuation.