Shloka 70

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

Devanagari script

अजन्मन्य् अजरे ऽनाशिन्य् अप्रमेये ऽखिलात्मनि तत्याज मानुषं देहम् अतीत्य त्रिविधां गतिम्

Transliteration

ajanmany ajare 'nāśiny aprameye 'khilātmani tatyāja mānuṣaṃ deham atītya trividhāṃ gatim

Translation

Established in the Unborn, the Unaging, the Imperishable—immeasurable, the Self of all—he cast off the human body and, transcending the threefold course of embodied existence, passed beyond it.

Word by Word

• अजन्मनि: in the unborn (one)
• अजन्मनि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण—(in) the unborn (Brahman/Ātman)

• अजरे: in the ageless
• अजरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• अनाशिनि: in the imperishable
• अनाशिनि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘imperishable’

• अप्रमेये: in the immeasurable
• अप्रमेये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रमेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘immeasurable’

• अखिलात्मनि: in the Self of all
• अखिलात्मनि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अखिल + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘अखिलस्य आत्मा’ (the Self of all)

• तत्याज: abandoned
• तत्याज: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मानुषम्: human
• मानुषम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण—देहम्

• देहम्: body
• देहम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अतीत्य: having transcended
• अतीत्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति + इ (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• त्रिविधाम्: threefold
• त्रिविधाम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास—‘त्रयः विधाः यस्याः सा’ (threefold)

• गतिम्: state/going/destiny
• गतिम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: Having completed the burden-relieving mission on earth, the Lord withdraws his manifest līlā and leads devotees beyond embodied existence.

Leela: Moksha-dana

Dharma Restored: Completion of the Lord’s līlā and re-establishment of dharma through the removal of adharma-bearing forces.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Abidance in the unborn, undecaying, imperishable, immeasurable Self enables transcendence of the threefold gati of embodied existence.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Cultivate steady contemplation on the imperishable Self (Hari as the inner Self) to loosen identification with the body and its cycles.

Vishishtadvaita: Hari is ‘akhilātman’—the Self of all—so liberation is realized by surrendering embodied limitation while remaining dependent on the Supreme as inner ruler.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Antaryamin: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu (as the Unborn, Imperishable Supreme Self)

FAQs

What is the significance of ‘the Unborn, Unaging, Imperishable’ in the Vishnu Purana?

These epithets identify Vishnu as the supreme, changeless Reality beyond time and decay, the proper object of final refuge and liberation.

How does Sage Parāśara explain transcending the ‘threefold course’ (trividhā gati)?

He frames liberation as going beyond the ordinary three destinations of embodied existence—routes conditioned by karma—by abiding in Vishnu as the all-pervading Self.

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

Vishnu is presented not merely as a deity among others but as the immeasurable Akhilātman; realizing or taking refuge in Him is what enables release from samsara.