Shloka 7

तालवन-उद्धारः: धेनुकासुरवधः, फल-समृद्धिः, गो-क्षेमः

Devanagari script

फलानां पततां शब्दम् आकर्ण्य सुदुरासदः आजगाम स दुष्टात्मा कोपाद् दैतेयगर्दभः

Transliteration

phalānāṃ patatāṃ śabdam ākarṇya sudurāsadaḥ ājagāma sa duṣṭātmā kopād daiteyagardabhaḥ

Translation

Hearing the sound of fruits dropping, that hard-to-approach one came rushing there—wicked-souled and inflamed with anger—the donkey-like Daitya.

Word by Word

• फलानाम्: of the fruits
• फलानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• पतताम्: falling
• पतताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (धातु) → पतत् (कृदन्त/वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (फलानाम्)

• शब्दम्: sound
• शब्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• आकर्ण्य: having heard
• आकर्ण्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + कर्ण् (धातु) → आकर्ण्य (क्त्वान्त/अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• सुदुरासदः: very hard to approach
• सुदुरासदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दुरासद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (दैतेयगर्दभः)

• आजगाम: came
• आजगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• दुष्टात्मा: evil-souled one
• दुष्टात्मा: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (दुष्टः आत्मा यस्य/दुष्ट आत्मा)

• कोपात्: from anger
• कोपात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेतौ (cause)

• दैतेयगर्दभः: the Daitya-donkey (demon-ass)
• दैतेयगर्दभः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैतेय (प्रातिपदिक) + गर्दभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दैतेयस्य गर्दभः)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Kṛṣṇa’s deeds in Vraja and the removal of asuric threats to the cowherds.

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: Kṛṣṇa descends to lighten the earth’s burden by destroying demonic forces that torment Vraja and obstruct dharma.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Protection of Vraja’s pastoral order and the safety of the devotees (gopas) through removal of violent adharma.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Sakhya

Characters & Entities

• Daitya

FAQs

What is the significance of the falling-fruit sound in this Vishnu Purana verse?

It functions as a narrative cue: a small sensory event (the sound of fruits dropping) alerts the hostile Daitya and precipitates the next confrontation.

How does Sage Parāśara frame the nature of the antagonist here?

By emphasizing traits—“hard to approach,” “wicked-souled,” and “driven by anger”—Parāśara characterizes the Daitya as an embodiment of obstructive, adharmic force within the storyline.

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

Even when not named in the verse, the Vishnu Purana’s narrative world assumes Vishnu’s sovereign order: demonic rage and disruption are ultimately transient within the larger dharmic cosmos upheld by the Supreme Reality.