Shloka 33

यादवक्षयः, बलराम-निर्याणम्, कृष्णस्य उपसंहारः (प्रभासे विनाशः)

Devanagari script

मन्मना मत्प्रसादेन तत्र सिद्धिम् अवाप्स्यसि अहं स्वर्गं गमिष्यामि उपसंहृत्य वै कुलम्

Transliteration

manmanā matprasādena tatra siddhim avāpsyasi ahaṃ svargaṃ gamiṣyāmi upasaṃhṛtya vai kulam

Translation

With your mind fixed on me, and through my grace, you shall attain fulfilment there. As for me, having duly concluded the affairs of this lineage, I shall depart to heaven.

Word by Word

• मन्मना: with mind fixed on me
• मन्मना: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिवत् प्रयोगः (मयि मनः यस्य सः) किन्तु रूपतः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमास-आधारितः; विशेषण (त्वम् इति, अध्याहृत)

• मत्प्रसादेन: by my grace
• मत्प्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मम प्रसादः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• सिद्धिम्: success, attainment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will obtain
• अवाप्स्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव्+आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्वर्गम्: to heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गमिष्यामि: I will go
• गमिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• उपसंहृत्य: having withdrawn/collected
• उपसंहृत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप+सम्+हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• कुलम्: the family
• कुलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (spoken by a senior authority figure—likely a king/elder/teacher—addressing a successor within the dynasty narrative)

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: Kṛṣṇa grants Uddhava consummation through grace and announces his own departure after concluding the Yādava episode.

Leela: Moksha-dana

Dharma Restored: Orderly closure of the avatāra mission and safeguarding of the devotee’s spiritual attainment.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Fixing the mind on Kṛṣṇa and relying on his prasāda leads to siddhi, even amid worldly collapse.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Cultivate daily remembrance (japa/smaraṇa) and interpret upheavals as occasions to deepen reliance on God.

Vishishtadvaita: Siddhi is grace-mediated: the Lord is the upāya (means) as well as the upeya (end), with the soul’s loving dependence as its mode.

Dynasty & Genealogy

Dharma Exemplar: Ekāgratā (one-pointed remembrance of the Lord)

Key Kings: Uddhava

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Heaven (Svarga)
• Dynasty/Lineage (Kula)

FAQs

What is the significance of “manmanā” (mind fixed on me) in the Vishnu Purana?

In this verse it functions as a direct spiritual instruction: inner absorption in the Supreme (the Lord) is presented as the decisive orientation that leads to “siddhi,” showing bhakti as practical attainment even within a royal/dynastic setting.

How does the Vishnu Purana frame spiritual attainment alongside dynastic duty?

The verse pairs two movements: the listener’s attainment through grace and remembrance, and the speaker’s completion of lineage responsibilities (“upasaṃhṛtya… kulam”) before departing—presenting dharma and devotion as complementary rather than opposed.

What is the theological importance of grace (matprasāda) in this context?

The attainment (“siddhi”) is explicitly linked to the Lord’s favour, reflecting a Vaishnava emphasis that liberation/fulfilment is not merely self-generated effort but is perfected through divine sovereignty and compassion.