Shloka 14

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

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

Devanagari script

जायमानः पुरीषासृङ्मूत्रशुक्राविलाननः प्राजापत्येन वातेन पीड्यमानास्थिबन्धनः

Transliteration

jāyamānaḥ purīṣāsṛṅmūtraśukrāvilānanaḥ prājāpatyena vātena pīḍyamānāsthibandhanaḥ

Translation

Au moment même de la naissance, il sort le visage souillé d’impuretés—selles, sang, urine et semence—tandis que le souffle vital ordonné par Prajāpati le pousse au-dehors, tordant et tourmentant les jointures et liens de ses os.

Word by Word

• जायमानः: being born
• जायमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• पुरीष: feces
• पुरीष: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरीष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (stem in compound)

• असृक्: blood
• असृक्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असृक्/असृज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (stem in compound)

• मूत्र: urine
• मूत्र: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (stem in compound)

• शुक्र: semen
• शुक्र: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (stem in compound)

• आविल: foul, turbid
• आविल: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आविल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (stem in compound)

• आननः: face (having a fouled face)
• आननः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: पुरीषासृङ्मूत्रशुक्र-आविल-आननः (whose face is smeared/fouled by...)

• प्राजापत्येन: by the prājāpatya (birth-related)
• प्राजापत्येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राजापत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण) एकवचन

• वातेन: by wind (vāta)
• वातेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण) एकवचन

• पीड्यमान: being pressed/tormented
• पीड्यमान: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीड् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (stem in compound)

• अस्थि: bone
• अस्थि: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (stem in compound)

• बन्धनः: bond/structure (here: bone-joints/structure)
• बन्धनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: अस्थि-बन्धनः (bond/structure of bones); समस्तपद: पीड्यमान-अस्थिबन्धनः (whose bone-structure is being pressed)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Prajāpati
• Vāyu (vital wind)

FAQs

What is the significance of describing birth as impure in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse stresses the jīva’s immediate entanglement in bodily impurity and pain, cultivating dispassion and turning the mind toward liberation through devotion and right knowledge.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the role of prāṇa (vāyu) at birth?

He portrays a procreative life-wind—“prājāpatya vāyu”—as the force that propels the child into the world, emphasizing that embodiment follows cosmic law and karmic order, not mere chance.

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

By highlighting the frailty and bondage of embodied life, the Purana implicitly points to Vishnu as the stable Supreme refuge (parama-śaraṇa), beyond the suffering inherent in samsāra.