Shloka 21

Devanagari script

मोहश्रमे शमं याते स्वस्थान्तःकरणः पुमान् अनन्यातिशयाबाधं परं निर्वाणम् ऋच्छति

Transliteration

mohaśrame śamaṃ yāte svasthāntaḥkaraṇaḥ pumān ananyātiśayābādhaṃ paraṃ nirvāṇam ṛcchati

Translation

When the weariness born of delusion is stilled, the person whose inner instrument has become steady attains the supreme nirvāṇa—unobstructed, unsurpassed, and untroubled by anything else.

Word by Word

• मोहश्रमे: in the fatigue of delusion
• मोहश्रमे: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह-श्रम (प्रातिपदिक; मोह + श्रम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मोहस्य श्रमः)

• शमम्: tranquillity, cessation
• शमम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• याते: when (it) has gone/attained
• याते: अधिकरण (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• स्वस्थान्तःकरणः: having a steady inner organ (mind)
• स्वस्थान्तःकरणः: कर्ता (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वस्थ-अन्तःकरण (प्रातिपदिक; स्वस्थ + अन्तःकरण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (स्वस्थं अन्तःकरणं यस्य)

• पुमान्: a man, person
• पुमान्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अनन्यातिशयाबाधम्: unobstructed by any other excellence (i.e., unsurpassed, unimpeded)
• अनन्यातिशयाबाधम्: कर्म-विशेषण (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्य-अतिशय-अबाध (प्रातिपदिक; अनन्य + अतिशय + अबाध)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (अनन्यः अतिशयः यस्य अबाधः/अबाधम्)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: कर्म-विशेषण (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• निर्वाणम्: nirvāṇa, liberation
• निर्वाणम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ऋच्छति: attains, reaches
• ऋच्छति: क्रिया (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋच्छ्/ऋ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Nature of liberation (nirvāṇa) and the calming of delusion through inner steadiness

Teaching: Philosophical

Quality: authoritative

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: When delusion’s exhaustion subsides and the inner organ becomes steady, one attains supreme, unobstructed nirvāṇa.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Cultivate steadiness of mind through sustained discrimination and meditative quieting of compulsive thought-patterns.

Vishishtadvaita: Liberation is a real state of the self’s clarity, not a mere negation; the self’s peace is attained when prakṛti-born confusion ceases to veil it.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Maitreya
• Parāśara

FAQs

What is the significance of pacifying moha (delusion) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents delusion as a primary cause of inner exhaustion and bondage; when it subsides, the mind becomes stable and fit for liberation.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the condition for attaining supreme nirvāṇa?

Parāśara links liberation to a settled antahkaraṇa (inner instrument) that arises when the agitation and fatigue produced by delusion are brought to rest.

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

Even when not named in the verse, Ansha 6 frames moksha as the highest state oriented to the Supreme Reality upheld by the Purana—Vishnu as the ultimate ground of liberation.