Shloka 120
Brahmin Conduct, Purificatory Baths, and the Garuḍa–Nectar Episode
Illustrative Narrative
विष्णुर्न लभ्यते देवैस्त्वयासौ विप्र लभ्यते । सपत्नीव्यसनाद्धोरान्मातरं ते प्रमोचय
viṣṇurna labhyate devaistvayāsau vipra labhyate | sapatnīvyasanāddhorānmātaraṃ te pramocaya
Viṣṇu bahkan tidak mudah dicapai oleh para dewa, namun olehmu, wahai brāhmaṇa, Ia telah dicapai. Maka bebaskanlah ibumu dari derita ngeri akibat madu (istri saingan).
Unspecified (a counselor/elder addressing a brāhmaṇa)
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: विष्णुर्न = विष्णुः + न; देवैस्त्वया = देवैः + त्वया; त्वयासौ = त्वया + असौ; सपत्नीव्यसनाद्धोरात् = स-पत्नी-व्यसनात् + घोरात् (द् + घ → द्घ); (पाठे) घोरान्मातरम् = घोरात् + मातरम् (त् → न् before म).
FAQs
It states that Viṣṇu, unreachable even to the devas, becomes attainable to a devoted brāhmaṇa—highlighting devotion and moral purity over status or power.
Spiritual attainment should express itself as compassion and duty: the listener is urged to actively free his mother from severe suffering caused by domestic rivalry.
No. The verse focuses on devotional accessibility to Viṣṇu and a practical dharmic injunction within a family context, not on locations or tīrtha-māhātmya.