Shloka 19

बाणयुद्धम्, हरिहरसंवादः, ज्वरप्रकरणम्, अनिरुद्धमोचनम्

Bāṇa’s War, the Jvara Episode, Hari–Hara Dialogue, and Aniruddha’s Release

Devanagari script

मम त्वया समं युद्धं ये स्मरिष्यन्ति मानवाः विज्वरास् ते भविष्यन्तीत्य् उक्त्वा चैनं ययौ ज्वरः

Transliteration

mama tvayā samaṃ yuddhaṃ ye smariṣyanti mānavāḥ vijvarās te bhaviṣyantīty uktvā cainaṃ yayau jvaraḥ

Translation

“Those mortals who remember this battle fought between you and me shall be free from fever.” Having said this, Jvara departed from him.

Word by Word

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्वया: by you / with you
• त्वया: Sahakari/Karana (Instrument/associate/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• समम्: together; equally
• समम्: Avyaya (Adverbial modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गार्थे/समानार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable meaning 'together/equal')

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स्मरिष्यन्ति: will remember
• स्मरिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मानवाः: men; humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विज्वराः: free from fever
• विज्वराः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate to subject/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• भविष्यन्ति: will become
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• इति: thus
• इति: Avyaya (Quotation marker/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणचिह्न (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• ज्वरः: Fever (personified)
• ज्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Jvara (the personified Fever)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Kṛṣṇa’s conflict with hostile divine/asuric forces and the fruits of remembering his deeds.

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: assuring (smaraṇa-phala promised as protection)

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: Kṛṣṇa subdues the personified Fever (Jvara) and grants a protective remembrance (smaraṇa-phala) so devotees are freed from affliction.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Protection of devotees and restoration of well-being through remembrance of the Lord’s victory.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Smaraṇa (devout remembrance) of the Lord’s victorious līlā becomes a means of protection from suffering and afflictive karma.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Use daily nāma-smaraṇa and contemplation of Kṛṣṇa’s protective deeds as a steadying practice during illness or anxiety.

Vishishtadvaita: The Lord’s grace operates through accessible upāyas like remembrance, indicating a personal, responsive Brahman who protects the jīva.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Jvara

FAQs

What is the significance of remembering the battle mentioned in this verse in the Vishnu Purana?

The verse presents remembrance (smaraṇa) as a spiritually charged act that confers protection—here, specifically freedom from fever—because the event embodies a divinely sanctioned victory over affliction.

How does the Vishnu Purana frame disease like Jvara in its narrative structure?

Disease is personified as an entity that can be confronted, subdued, and bound by a boon or vow; this makes suffering part of a moral-cosmic order where divine authority regulates even bodily afflictions.

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

Even when not named in this single line, the episode’s logic is Vaishnava: ultimate sovereignty belongs to the Supreme Reality who governs disorder (including illness), and auspicious remembrance of divinely ordered events becomes a means of grace and protection.