Shloka 15

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

Devanagari script

ततः कोपपरीतात्मा भर्त्सयाम् आस तं बलः तथापि तम् अवज्ञाय चक्रे किलकिलाध्वनिम्

Transliteration

tataḥ kopaparītātmā bhartsayām āsa taṃ balaḥ tathāpi tam avajñāya cakre kilakilādhvanim

Translation

Then, his mind overwhelmed by anger, Bala began to rebuke him; yet the other, scorning Bala’s words, merely burst into a taunting, rattling cry.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Discourse (Sequence/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: ततः-अव्यय (thereupon/then)

• kopa-parīta-ātmā: whose mind was overcome by anger
• kopa-parīta-ātmā: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक) + pari-√i (धातु) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः; ‘parīta’ (क्त-प्रत्यय PPP) = ‘overcome’; ‘ātmā’ पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘balaḥ’)

• bhartsayām: to scold
• bhartsayām: Purpose (Infinitive/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bharts (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त-क्रियाविशेषण (infinitive) in -yām (Vedic/epic infinitive usage): ‘भर्त्सयाम्’ = ‘to scold’

• āsa: was/undertook
• āsa: Kriya (Auxiliary/सहायक-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; periphrastic with infinitive: ‘he proceeded/was (engaged)’

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• balaḥ: Bala (proper name)/the strong one
• balaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tathāpi: nevertheless
• tathāpi: Discourse (Concession/व्यतिरेक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā + api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (concessive adverb: nevertheless)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• avajñāya: having disregarded
• avajñāya: Purvakala (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√jñā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• cakre: made/did
• cakre: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• kilakilā-dhvanim: a ‘kilakilā’ sound (mocking noise)
• kilakilā-dhvanim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kilakilā (प्रातिपदिक) + dhvani (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (kilakilāyāḥ dhvaniḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Bala

FAQs

What is the significance of contempt (avajñā) in this Vishnu Purana verse?

The verse frames avajñā—scornful disregard—as a catalyst that intensifies conflict, showing how ego and insult disrupt dharma within dynastic history.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the escalation of conflict in dynastic episodes?

By highlighting inner states like kopa (anger) and outward acts like bhartsanā (rebuke) and mockery, Parāśara narratively links moral decline to social and political rupture.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana’s dynastic history is told under the overarching premise that true sovereignty rests in the Supreme Lord, while anger and contempt signal deviation from divinely grounded order (dharma).