Shloka 6

नरकासुरवधः, अदीतिकुण्डल-प्रत्यर्पणम्, तथा भारावतरण-लीला

Devanagari script

युष्मद्दोर्दण्डसद्बुद्धिपरित्राते जगत्त्रये यज्वियज्ञांशसंप्राप्त्या तृप्तिं यान्ति दिवौकसः

Transliteration

yuṣmaddordaṇḍasadbuddhiparitrāte jagattraye yajviyajñāṃśasaṃprāptyā tṛptiṃ yānti divaukasaḥ

Translation

When the three worlds are safeguarded by the righteous might of your arm and the clarity of your divine intelligence, the dwellers of heaven find satisfaction, nourished by the allotted portions of sacrifice that reach them through the sacrificer’s rite.

Word by Word

• युष्मद्दोर्दण्डसद्बुद्धिपरित्राते: when (the world) is protected by your arm-strength and good counsel
• युष्मद्दोर्दण्डसद्बुद्धिपरित्राते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute sense: 'when/where protected')
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्-दोर्दण्ड-सद्बुद्धि-परित्रात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: युष्मद् (your) + दोर्दण्ड (arm-strength) + सद्बुद्धि (good counsel) + परित्रात (protected/saved)

• जगत्त्रये: in the three worlds
• जगत्त्रये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास: त्रय (three) + जगत् (worlds)

• यज्वि: the sacrificer
• यज्वि: — (compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्वि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (collective/used as stem in compound with next)

• यज्ञांशसंप्राप्त्या: by obtaining a share of the sacrifice
• यज्ञांशसंप्राप्त्या: Karana (Instrument/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-अंश-सम्प्राप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; समास: यज्ञ (sacrifice) + अंश (portion) + सम्प्राप्ति (attainment)

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यान्ति: attain
• यान्ति: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; धातु: या (to go/attain)

• दिवौकसः: the dwellers of heaven (gods)
• दिवौकसः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवौकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (addressing Lord Viṣṇu while instructing Maitreya)

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas (worlds)

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: By safeguarding the three worlds, he ensures the proper flow of yajña that sustains the devas and stabilizes the cosmic order.

Leela: Dharma-upadesa

Dharma Restored: Yajña-dharma and the reciprocal maintenance between humans, devas, and cosmic stability.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: When the Lord protects the three worlds, sacrifice functions rightly, and devas are satisfied by their due shares—signaling a stable dharmic cosmos.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Perform duties and offerings (in a modern way: gratitude, ethical giving, disciplined practice) as part of sustaining harmony beyond oneself.

Vishishtadvaita: The world is a real, ordered body of the Lord: divine governance and human yajña cooperate to sustain cosmic welfare.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Vasudeva

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Devas (Divaukasaḥ)
• The three worlds (Trailokya)
• Yajna (sacrifice)
• Yajamana (sacrificer)

FAQs

What is the significance of sacrifice (yajña) in this verse of the Vishnu Purana?

The verse presents yajña as a divinely upheld mechanism through which the devas receive their sustaining shares, linking ritual action to cosmic maintenance under Vishnu’s protection.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the maintenance of universal order here?

He frames order as dependent on Vishnu’s protective might and righteous intelligence—without which the three worlds and the sacrificial flow sustaining the devas would not remain stable.

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

Vishnu is shown as the supreme sovereign whose power safeguards creation and whose governance allows dharma and yajña to function, emphasizing his role as the sustaining Reality behind both cosmos and worship.