Shloka 25

प्रह्लादस्य अव्यभिचारिणी भक्ति, मायाविनाशः, तथा विष्णोः विश्वरूप-स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

क्षीणासु सर्वमायासु पवने संक्षयं गते जगाम सो ऽपि भवनं गुरोर् एव महामतिः

Transliteration

kṣīṇāsu sarvamāyāsu pavane saṃkṣayaṃ gate jagāma so 'pi bhavanaṃ guror eva mahāmatiḥ

Translation

あらゆるマーヤーの幻影が尽き、生命の風も鎮まり収束したとき、その大いなる知者もまた、自らの師の住まいへと赴いた。

Word by Word

• क्षीणासु: when (they) were exhausted
• क्षीणासु: Adhikarana (Locative setting)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीण (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying मायासु)

• सर्वमायासु: in all (his) magical powers/illusions
• सर्वमायासु: Adhikarana (Locative setting)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वाः मायाः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; बहुवचन

• पवने: when the wind
• पवने: Adhikarana (Locative setting)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• संक्षयम्: to complete destruction
• संक्षयम्: Gati/Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सं + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; गत्यर्थे (as goal/state)

• गते: having gone (to)
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; पवने इत्यस्य विशेषण; लोकेटिव-अब्सोल्यूट (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थ (also)

• भवनम्: the house/dwelling
• भवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• गुरोः: of (his) teacher
• गुरोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• महामतिः: the great-minded one
• महामतिः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महती मतिः यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; सः इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: compassionate

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: When delusive forces subside, the wise return to right guidance, grounded in inner conquest rather than outward struggle.

Vedantic Theme: Maya

Application: After emotional upheaval, re-establish routine—study, satsanga, and breath-settling practices—to prevent relapse into भ्रम (confusion).

Vishishtadvaita: Māyā’s disturbances can be overcome by grace-supported steadiness, enabling the jīva to align with dharma through proper guidance.

Prahlada Narrative

Phase: Divine-protection

Bhakti Quality: Inner victory over māyā through steadiness and return to disciplined instruction.

Vaishnava Theology

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Guru
• Prāṇa (life-breath)
• Māyā (illusion)

FAQs

What is the significance of māyā being “exhausted” in this verse of the Vishnu Purana?

It signals the collapse of delusive identification and mental projection; the practitioner is no longer driven by appearances and thus becomes fit for higher realization.

How does Sage Parāśara frame the role of prāṇa (life-breath) here?

Prāṇa is presented as a key support of embodied experience; when it subsides through discipline, the mind’s turbulence also quiets, enabling freedom from illusion.

What is the theological importance of Vishnu in this context?

By implying a state beyond māyā and fluctuation, the verse aligns with the Purana’s Vaishnava view that liberation culminates in the Supreme Reality—Vishnu—who transcends all illusion.