Shloka 59

आत्यन्तिक-लयहेतुः: तापत्रय-विवेचनम् तथा ‘भगवान्/वासुदेव’ शब्दार्थः

Threefold Suffering and the Path to Final Liberation; Meaning of Bhagavān and Vāsudeva

Devanagari script

निरस्तातिशयाह्लादसुखभावैकलक्षणा भेषजं भगवत्प्राप्तिर् एकान्तात्यन्तिकी मता

Transliteration

nirastātiśayāhlādasukhabhāvaikalakṣaṇā bheṣajaṃ bhagavatprāptir ekāntātyantikī matā

Translation

That attainment of Bhagavān is held to be the one, final, and exclusive remedy—marked by a bliss whose very nature is pure happiness, with all excess and all limiting distinctions cast away.

Word by Word

• निरस्त: removed; dispelled
• निरस्त: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्+अस् (धातु) + त (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद

• अतिशय: excess; extraordinary degree
• अतिशय: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद

• आह्लाद: delight
• आह्लाद: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद

• सुख: happiness
• सुख: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद

• भाव: state; nature
• भाव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद

• एक: single; one
• एक: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद

• लक्षणा: having the characteristic
• लक्षणा: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्षणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘प्राप्तिः’ विशेषण

• निरस्तातिशयाह्लादसुखभावैकलक्षणा: whose mark is the removal of excessive delight and the state of (worldly) happiness
• निरस्तातिशयाह्लादसुखभावैकलक्षणा: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरस्त+अतिशय+आह्लाद+सुख+भाव+एक+लक्षणा (प्रातिपदिकसमूह)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसमास, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘भेषजम्/प्राप्तिः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• भेषजम्: medicine; remedy
• भेषजम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भगवत्: of the Lord
• भगवत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद

• प्राप्तिः: attainment
• प्राप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भगवत्प्राप्तिः: attainment of the Lord
• भगवत्प्राप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्+प्राप्ति (प्रातिपदिकसमूह)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमास (‘भगवतः प्राप्तिः’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एकान्त: exclusive; single-minded
• एकान्त: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद

• आत्यन्तिकी: ultimate; absolute
• आत्यन्तिकी: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्यन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एकान्तात्यन्तिकी: exclusively ultimate
• एकान्तात्यन्तिकी: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकान्त+आत्यन्तिक (प्रातिपदिकसमूह)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘प्राप्तिः’ विशेषण

• मता: is considered
• मता: Kriyā (Predication/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु) + त (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) ‘मत’ = considered; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicative)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: What is the ultimate remedy for saṃsāra and what is its nature?

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: revealing

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Attainment of Bhagavān is the sole, final medicine—pure bliss beyond limiting distinctions and excesses.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Center practice on Bhagavān-prāpti as the goal: steady remembrance, surrender, and loving service rather than chasing temporary reliefs.

Vishishtadvaita: Mokṣa is positive communion with Bhagavān (not void), characterized by unalloyed ānanda while maintaining the jīva’s dependent distinctness.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān (Vishnu)

FAQs

What is the significance of Bhagavat-prāpti in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents Bhagavat-prāpti (attainment of the Lord) as the supreme “medicine,” meaning the definitive cure for saṃsāra and the final goal of the text’s moksha teaching.

How does Sage Parāśara explain ekānta (exclusive devotion) here?

Parāśara frames liberation as ekānta and ātyantikī—exclusive and ultimate—implying one-pointed devotion to Bhagavān that culminates not merely in worldly joy but in unconditioned divine bliss.

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

Vishnu (Bhagavān) is treated as the Supreme Reality and the final refuge; liberation is not abstract dissolution alone but fulfillment through attaining the personal Lord whose nature is pure bliss.