Shloka 6

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

Devanagari script

तस्य मायावती नाम पत्नी सर्वगृहेश्वरी कारयाम् आस सूदानाम् आधिपत्यम् अनिन्दिता

Transliteration

tasya māyāvatī nāma patnī sarvagṛheśvarī kārayām āsa sūdānām ādhipatyam aninditā

Translation

His wife, named Māyāvatī—blameless and mistress of the entire household—caused the office of overlordship among the Sūdas (servitors) to be duly administered.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• मायावती: Māyāvatī
• मायावती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मायावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable meaning ‘by name’)

• पत्नी: wife
• पत्नी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘मायावती’ इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन

• सर्वगृहेश्वरी: mistress of all the household
• सर्वगृहेश्वरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘सर्वेषां गृहाणाम् ईश्वरी’

• कारयाम्: caused (to be done)
• कारयाम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: णिजन्त-धातु ‘कारय-’, लिट्/परिप्रास-भूत (periphrastic perfect) 3rd/प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘कारयाम् आस’ = caused to be done/managed

• आस: did/was (auxiliary)
• आस: Kriya (Auxiliary/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; सहायकक्रिया (auxiliary)

• सूदानाम्: of the cooks/servants
• सूदानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• आधिपत्यम्: lordship/authority
• आधिपत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आधिपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अनिन्दिता: blameless
• अनिन्दिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिन्दित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘मायावती/पत्नी’

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Māyāvatī
• Sūdas (servitors/attendants)

FAQs

What is the significance of household sovereignty (sarvagṛheśvarī) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse highlights ordered stewardship within the royal household, where authority is delegated responsibly—an expression of dharmic governance that mirrors wider social and cosmic order.

How does Sage Parāśara explain governance through delegated roles in dynastic narratives?

By noting appointments and oversight (ādhipatya) even among attendants, Parāśara shows that stable rule depends on structured responsibility at every level, not only on the throne.

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

Even in genealogical detail, the Purana implies that right order and legitimate authority operate under dharma, ultimately grounded in Vishnu as the sustaining principle (viṣṇu-tattva) of the world’s harmony.