Shloka 29

प्रलय-त्रिविध-विभागः एवं प्राकृतप्रलय-वर्णनम्

Devanagari script

तस्माद् अपि महातापतप्ता लोकास् ततः परम् गच्छन्ति जनलोकं ते दशावृत्त्या परैषिणः

Transliteration

tasmād api mahātāpataptā lokās tataḥ param gacchanti janalokaṃ te daśāvṛttyā paraiṣiṇaḥ

Translation

Beyond even that, the worlds scorched by intense radiance and their inhabitants, seeking what is higher, proceed onward to Janaloka through the tenfold course of ascent.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from there
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (Case 5), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (ablative: 'from that/from there')

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थक-निपात (particle: 'also/even')

• महातापतप्ताः: scorched by great heat
• महातापतप्ताः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + ताप + तप्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying लोकाः); षष्ठी/तृतीया-तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (महता तापेन तप्ताः)

• लोकाः: the worlds/people
• लोकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), बहुवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (then/from there)

• परम्: further
• परम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative): 'further/onwards'

• गच्छन्ति: go
• गच्छन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• जनलोकम्: to Janaloka
• जनलोकम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जनस्य लोकः)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• दशावृत्त्या: by (their) condition/state of existence
• दशावृत्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशा + वृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Case 3), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दशायाः वृत्त्या)

• परैषिणः: seeking the highest (state)
• परैषिणः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर + एषिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ते); तत्पुरुष (परम् एषन्ते/इच्छन्ति इति)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Further ascent beyond Maharloka during pralaya; movement to Janaloka and the graded path upward

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: revealing

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Kalpa

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Driven by the quest for the higher, beings ascend in graded stages beyond heat-scorched realms, indicating a hierarchy of attainments within samsāra.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Let spiritual aspiration aim beyond intermediate attainments; pursue steady practice that matures into wisdom and devotion.

Vishishtadvaita: Graded ascent suggests differentiated states for jīvas, while ultimate transcendence depends on turning toward the supreme Lord beyond all lokas.

Vaishnava Theology

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Janaloka

FAQs

What is the significance of Janaloka in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents Janaloka as a higher destination beyond intensely radiant realms, associated with spiritually advanced beings who seek what is beyond ordinary cosmic enjoyments.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the ascent through the worlds here?

He describes a graded progression: beings move beyond a highly luminous, heat-like realm and advance onward to Janaloka, indicating an ordered hierarchy of lokas reached by spiritual qualification.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the line, the ordered ascent through lokas reflects a cosmos governed by supreme reality and law—ultimately grounded in Vishnu as the sustaining and transcendent principle in Vaishnava Purāṇic theology.