Shloka 9

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

Devanagari script

अयं समस्तजगतः सूतिसंहारकर्मणः शम्बरेण हृतो विष्णोस् तनयः सूतिकागृहात्

Transliteration

ayaṃ samastajagataḥ sūtisaṃhārakarmaṇaḥ śambareṇa hṛto viṣṇos tanayaḥ sūtikāgṛhāt

Translation

This child is the son of Viṣṇu; Śambara carried him off from the lying-in chamber. In time, this very child will become the cause of Śambara’s destruction—Śambara who works ruin upon all beings.

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• समस्तजगतः: of the entire world
• समस्तजगतः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक) + जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘समस्तं जगत्’ (the whole world)

• सूतिसंहारकर्मणः: whose function is destroying at birth
• सूतिसंहारकर्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूति (प्रातिपदिक) + संहार (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘सूतेः संहारः’ इति संहारः, तस्य कर्म (function)

• शम्बरेण: by Śambara
• शम्बरेण: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• हृतः: was taken away
• हृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तनयः: son
• तनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘अयम्’ इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन

• सूतिकागृहात्: from the lying-in chamber
• सूतिकागृहात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतिका (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; ‘सूतिकायाः गृहं’ (lying-in chamber)

Speaker

Sage Parashara (narrating to Maitreya)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Bhagavān’s incarnate power (here as Viṣṇu’s son/Pradyumna) is the ordained counterforce to adharma, ensuring the fall of oppressors in due time.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Cultivate patient faith: justice and protection may unfold gradually, but divine order is not ultimately thwarted.

Vishishtadvaita: Jagat is real and purposive; Bhagavān governs history to protect devotees—His will immanent in worldly events while remaining supreme.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Bhakti Type: Vatsalya

Vyuha Form: Pradyumna

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Shambara

FAQs

What is the significance of the abduction from the sūtikāgṛha (lying-in chamber) in the Vishnu Purana?

It heightens the theme of cosmic irony: even at the moment of birth, when vulnerability is greatest, divine destiny operates—what appears as triumph for Shambara becomes the very cause of his eventual destruction.

How does Sage Parashara explain destiny (daiva) through this event?

By framing the child as one ‘whose action is the destruction’ of Shambara, Parashara presents events as guided by a higher order where adharma initiates the conditions of its own defeat.

What is the theological importance of Vishnu in this context?

Vishnu is implied as the supreme governor of outcomes: even when his son is abducted, the narrative asserts Vishnu’s overriding sovereignty—evil cannot escape the divine order that culminates in dharma’s restoration.