Shloka 14

द्विविद-वधः, यज्ञ-विध्वंस-निवारणम्, बलदेव-पराक्रम-समाहारः

Devanagari script

तथैव योषितां तासां जहासाभिमुखं कपिः पानपूर्णांश् च करकाञ् चिक्षेपाहत्य वै पदा

Transliteration

tathaiva yoṣitāṃ tāsāṃ jahāsābhimukhaṃ kapiḥ pānapūrṇāṃś ca karakāñ cikṣepāhatya vai padā

Translation

Likewise, facing those women, the monkey laughed aloud; and with his foot he struck and flung away the drinking-vessels filled to the brim.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) — adverb ‘thus’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) — emphatic particle

• योषिताम्: of the women
• योषिताम्: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — Genitive plural

• तासाम्: of those (women)
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — Genitive plural

• जहास: laughed
• जहास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 3rd person singular perfect

• अभिमुखम्: towards (them), facing
• अभिमुखम्: Kriya-visheshana (Direction/दिशा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभिमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण) — indeclinable/adverbial accusative ‘towards, facing’

• कपिः: the monkey
• कपिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• पान-पूर्णान्: filled with drink
• पान-पूर्णान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पान (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural; तत्पुरुषः (पानेन पूर्णान्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• करकान्: cups, pitchers
• करकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural

• चिक्षेप: threw
• चिक्षेप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 3rd person singular perfect

• आहत्य: having struck
• आहत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त, अव्यय — Gerund ‘having struck/after striking’

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; खल्वर्थे/निश्चयार्थे) — particle of emphasis

• पदा: with (his) foot
• पदा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Ridicule and physical disruption directed at women and the assembly constitutes adharma and invites swift correction to prevent wider disorder.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Cultivate respect in social spaces; intervene against harassment and public humiliation, especially when power dynamics target the vulnerable.

Vishishtadvaita: Social dharma is part of the Lord’s real order (niyati) in the world; protecting it is a form of service within embodied life.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Characters & Entities

• Kapi (the monkey)
• Yoshitah (women)

FAQs

What is the significance of this episode in the Vishnu Purana?

It functions as a vivid moral-narrative moment within the dynastic chronicles, contrasting social indulgence (drink and revelry) with disruption or censure enacted through the monkey’s forceful gesture.

How does Sage Parāśara explain conduct and consequence through such scenes?

By embedding striking actions in courtly or communal settings, Parāśara’s narration highlights how behavior (especially excess or impropriety) invites interruption, correction, or reversal—reinforcing dharma through story rather than abstract doctrine.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana’s dynastic narration is framed under Vishnu’s sovereignty: social order, kingship, and moral causality operate within the larger Vishnu-governed cosmic law that the text consistently upholds.