Shloka 3

Hari’s Boon to Muchukunda, Security of the Yādus, and Balarāma’s Consolation in Vraja

Viraha-Bhakti

Devanagari script

भुक्त्वा दिव्यान् महाभोगान् भविष्यसि महाकुले जातिस्मरो मत्प्रसादात् ततो मोक्षम् अवाप्स्यसि

Transliteration

bhuktvā divyān mahābhogān bhaviṣyasi mahākule jātismaro matprasādāt tato mokṣam avāpsyasi

Translation

Having enjoyed celestial and abundant delights, you shall be born in a great and noble family. By my grace you will remember former births, and thereafter attain liberation.

Word by Word

• bhuktvā: having enjoyed
• bhuktvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhuktvā (कृदन्त; √bhuj (धातु))
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): 'having enjoyed'

• divyān: divine
• divyān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• mahā-bhogān: great enjoyments, grand pleasures
• mahā-bhogān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + bhoga (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (महान्तः भोगाः)

• bhaviṣyasi: you will be
• bhaviṣyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (simple future), मध्यम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• mahā-kule: in a great lineage/family
• mahā-kule: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + kula (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अधिकरणम् (locative)

• jāti-smaraḥ: remembering (past) births
• jāti-smaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāti + smara (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जातिं स्मरति इति)

• mat-prasādāt: from my grace, due to my favor
• mat-prasādāt: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अपादानम् (ablative: 'from/because of my grace')

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तर/ततः-अर्थे (adverb: 'then/thereafter')

• mokṣam: liberation
• mokṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• avāpsyasi: you will attain
• avāpsyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava + √āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (simple future), मध्यम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्गः अव

Speaker

Sage Parasara (narrating a boon/prediction within the lineage narrative) to Maitreya

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: By the Lord’s grace, worldly and heavenly enjoyments culminate in jātismṛti and finally mokṣa.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Treat prosperity as preparatory; maintain remembrance and devotion so experience ripens into liberation.

Vishishtadvaita: Mokṣa is attained through the Lord’s prasāda; personal continuity (memory/identity) is meaningful within real rebirth and release.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

FAQs

What is the significance of jāti-smara (memory of past births) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents past-life memory as a grace-bestowed spiritual aid: recollection arises “by my prasāda,” helping the soul turn from enjoyment toward final moksha.

How does Sage Parasara explain the movement from heavenly enjoyment to liberation?

The verse outlines a sequence: first the fruition of merit as divine pleasures, then rebirth in a noble lineage, then awakened remembrance through grace, culminating in liberation—showing karma’s order guided by higher favor.

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

Even where karmic results are acknowledged, liberation is framed as ultimately secured through divine grace, aligning with Vaishnava emphasis on the Supreme Lord as the final giver of moksha.