Shloka 22

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

Devanagari script

अनेन दुष्टकपिना दैत्यपक्षोपकारिणा जगन् निराकृतं वीर दिष्ट्या स क्षयम् आगतः

Transliteration

anena duṣṭakapinā daityapakṣopakāriṇā jagan nirākṛtaṃ vīra diṣṭyā sa kṣayam āgataḥ

Translation

By this wicked ape—an accomplice who served the Daitya cause—the world was thrown into disorder, O hero; yet by good fortune he has now met his end.

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — 'by this (one)'

• दुष्ट-कपिना: by the wicked monkey
• दुष्ट-कपिना: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + कपि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय समास; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — 'by the wicked monkey'

• दैत्य-पक्ष-उपकारिणा: by the helper of the demon side
• दैत्य-पक्ष-उपकारिणा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + उपकारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास (दैत्यपक्षस्य उपकारी); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'the world'

• निराकृतम्: was driven away, repelled
• निराकृतम्: Kriyā (Action/result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: निर्-आ- — 'repelled/removed'

• वीर: O hero
• वीर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• दिष्ट्या: fortunately
• दिष्ट्या: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावप्राय प्रयोग (interjectional instrumental) — 'by good fortune/fortunately'

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• क्षयम्: destruction, end
• क्षयम्: Gati/Karma (Goal as object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• आगतः: has come to, has reached
• आगतः: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तरि कृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; उपसर्ग: आ- — 'has come/reached'

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Ethical

Quality: admonitory

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Alliance with adharmic powers destabilizes society; the end of such agents is portrayed as restoration of order.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Avoid complicity in harmful systems; support actions that reduce collective harm and restore stability.

Vishishtadvaita: Jagat is a meaningful order under the Lord; disruption is adharma against His governance, and its removal is grace for the world.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Characters & Entities

• Daityas
• A wicked ape (duṣṭa-kapi)

FAQs

What is the significance of diṣṭyā (“by good fortune”) in the Vishnu Purana?

Here it marks the restoration of order: the destructive agent who aided the Daityas is removed, implying that providence favors the re-establishment of dharma.

How does Sage Parāśara frame the Daitya faction’s threat in this verse?

He emphasizes that even a single ally of the Daityas can “disrupt the world,” presenting Daitya-support as inherently world-destabilizing and opposed to rightful order.

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

Though not named in the verse, the Purana’s worldview assumes Vishnu as the supreme regulator of cosmic order; the downfall of adharma-aligned forces reflects that sovereignty operating through time and events.