Shloka 11

प्रद्युम्न-अपहरणम्, मत्स्य-उद्धारः, मायावती-शिक्षा, शम्बरवधः, रुक्मिणी-पुत्र-संगमः

Devanagari script

नारदेनैवम् उक्ता सा पालयाम् आस तं शिशुम् बाल्याद् एवातिरागेण रूपातिशयमोहिता

Transliteration

nāradenaivam uktā sā pālayām āsa taṃ śiśum bālyād evātirāgeṇa rūpātiśayamohitā

Translation

Thus instructed by Nārada, she continued to nurture and protect that child—enchanted by his extraordinary beauty and bound to him from his very infancy with an overwhelming affection.

Word by Word

• नारदेन: by Nārada
• नारदेन: Karana (Instrument/करण) / Agent-in-passive
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; instrumental

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; manner-adverb

• उक्ता: addressed, told
• उक्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (qualifying sā)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘having been told/said to’

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; pronoun

• पालयाम्: to protect (intended action)
• पालयाम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया) (with āsa forming periphrastic past)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पाल् (धातु) → पालयाम् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुन्-अर्थे (infinitive-like) ‘पालयितुम्’ इत्यर्थे; अव्ययभावेन प्रयुक्तम् (periphrastic with आस)

• आस: was (did)
• आस: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्/लुङ्-प्रयोगे परस्मैपद-रूपम्; प्रथमा (3rd person), एकवचन; auxiliary ‘was/did’ with pAlayām

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; accusative pronoun

• शिशुम्: the child
• शिशुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; accusative

• बाल्यात्: from childhood
• बाल्यात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; ablative

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; emphasis particle

• अतिरागेण: with excessive attachment
• अतिरागेण: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अति + राग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अतिशयितः रागः), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; instrumental

• रूपातिशयमोहिता: bewildered by his extraordinary beauty
• रूपातिशयमोहिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (qualifying sā)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूप + अतिशय + मोहित (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (रूपस्य अतिशयेन मोहिता), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; PPP (क्त)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Historical

Quality: compassionate

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: To manifest divine līlā and ensure the protection of dharma through the Yādava house.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Safeguarding the Lord’s lineage and defeating adharma that targets divine offspring.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Guidance from a realized sage (Nārada) can redirect life toward protection and right action.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Seek counsel from trustworthy spiritual mentors before making life-shaping commitments.

Vishishtadvaita: Bhagavān’s purposes unfold through the devotee-sage’s instruction (Nārada) and embodied relationships.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Vatsalya

Vyuha Form: Pradyumna

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• the child (śiśu)

FAQs

What is the significance of Nārada’s instruction in the Vishnu Purana narratives?

Nārada often functions as a catalyst: his counsel redirects events so that hidden karmic tendencies—like attachment or ambition—surface and shape the next turn of the lineage story.

How does Sage Parāśara explain attachment (rāga) in this context?

Through the simple cause-and-effect of the verse: intense affection arising from infancy and fascination with beauty becomes the motive force behind continued protection and the choices that follow.

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

Even in a verse focused on human emotion, the Purāṇic frame assumes Vishnu’s overarching governance of order—individual attachments operate within the larger moral-cosmic structure that Vishnu sustains.