Shloka 35

भाण्डीरवट-क्रीडा: प्रलम्बासुरवधः, मानुष्यलीला, एक-कारण-तत्त्वम्

Devanagari script

मुष्टिना चाहनन् मूर्ध्नि कोपसंरक्तलोचनः तेन चास्य प्रहारेण बहिर् याते विलोचने

Transliteration

muṣṭinā cāhanan mūrdhni kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ tena cāsya prahāreṇa bahir yāte vilocane

Translation

With his fist he struck him upon the head, his eyes reddened with rage; and by that blow, the other’s eyes were driven out and forced outward.

Word by Word

• मुष्टिना: with the fist
• मुष्टिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/3rd case), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• अहनन्: they struck
• अहनन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — 3rd person plural

• मूर्ध्नि: on the head
• मूर्ध्नि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/7th case), एकवचन — Locative singular

• कोप-संरक्त-लोचनः: whose eyes were reddened with anger
• कोप-संरक्त-लोचनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक) + संरक्त (कृदन्त, रञ्ज्-धातोः क्त) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st case), एकवचन — Nominative singular; समासः: कोपेन संरक्ते लोचने यस्य (determinative)

• तेन: by that (blow/act)
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/3rd case), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध/6th case), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• प्रहारेण: by the strike/blow
• प्रहारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/3rd case), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• बहिः: outwards
• बहिः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• याते: having gone
• याते: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन — agreeing with ‘विलोचने’

• विलोचने: the two eyes
• विलोचने: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन — Nominative/Accusative dual

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Accounts of Hari’s incarnations and deeds, especially Kṛṣṇa’s Vraja-līlā and protection of the cowherds.

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: To protect Vraja by destroying the asura Pralamba who infiltrated the cowherds and threatened the divine play of the Lord and his companions.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Safety of the cowherd community and the uninterrupted conduct of dharmic līlā in Vraja.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Sakhya

FAQs

What is the significance of rage-driven violence in the Vishnu Purana’s dynastic narratives?

This verse dramatizes how uncontrolled anger in royal life produces immediate, tangible consequences, reinforcing dharma as a regulating principle within genealogical history.

How does Sage Parāśara explain moral causality in such episodes?

Through vivid action-based narration: deeds (especially those born of krodha) unfold into results that shape reputations, succession, and the continuity or disruption of a lineage.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named, the Purāṇa frames history as operating under an overarching moral order ultimately rooted in Vishnu’s sovereignty, where adharma destabilizes and dharma restores.