Shloka 2

Yama-vilāpana

The Lamentation Concerning Yama

Devanagari script

अप्रमाणमहं मन्ये लोकं विष्णोर्जगत्पते । यो न पूर्यति लोकौघैः सर्वसत्वसरोरुहैः ॥ २ ॥

Transliteration

apramāṇamahaṃ manye lokaṃ viṣṇorjagatpate | yo na pūryati lokaughaiḥ sarvasatvasaroruhaiḥ || 2 ||

Translation

私は、宇宙の主ヴィシュヌの世界は一切の量を超えると思う。無数の世界の群れが押し寄せ、その中にあらゆる衆生が蓮華のように生じても、なお決して満ち尽くされないからである。

Word by Word

• अप्रमाणम्: immeasurable
• अप्रमाणम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मन्ये: think/consider
• मन्ये: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• लोकम्: the world
• लोकम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of मन्ये)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विष्णोः: of Vishnu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• जगत्पते: O lord of the world
• जगत्पते: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: जगतः पतिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• यः: which/that (world)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of पूर्यति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (निषेध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• पूर्यति: is filled
• पूर्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पॄ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• लोकौघैः: by multitudes of people
• लोकौघैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक-ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: लोकानाम् ओघाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• सर्वसत्त्वसरोरुहैः: by all beings that grow in the lake (lotus-like beings)
• सर्वसत्त्वसरोरुहैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-सत्त्व-सरः-रुह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-समास (तत्पुरुष-श्रृंखला): सर्वेषां सत्त्वानां सरसि रुहाः; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narada

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It declares Viṣṇu’s realm as infinite and inexhaustible, implying that liberation culminates in an unbounded divine reality that cannot be “occupied” or limited by finite creation.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

By praising Viṣṇu as Jagatpati and affirming His immeasurable loka, the verse encourages bhakti grounded in awe (aiśvarya-bhāva): the devotee turns from limited worlds toward the limitless Lord.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught here; the verse primarily conveys Purāṇic cosmological theology—using metaphor (beings as “lotuses”) to express the immeasurability of Viṣṇu’s supreme abode.