Shloka 24

यमस्य अधिकारभङ्गः — वैष्णवस्य लक्षणम्

Freedom from Yama through Hari-śaraṇāgati

Devanagari script

विमलमतिर् अमत्सरः प्रशान्तः शुचिचरितो ऽखिलसत्त्वमित्रभूतः प्रियहितवचनो ऽस्तमानमायो वसति सदा हृदि तस्य वासुदेवः

Transliteration

vimalamatir amatsaraḥ praśāntaḥ śucicarito 'khilasattvamitrabhūtaḥ priyahitavacano 'stamānamāyo vasati sadā hṛdi tasya vāsudevaḥ

Translation

理解が清らかで、ねたみなく、内に静まり、行いが清浄で、あらゆる生きものの友となり、愛しく益ある言葉を語り、慢心と欺きが鎮まったその人の心には、ヴァースデーヴァが常に住まわれる。

Word by Word

• विमलमतिः: one of pure mind
• विमलमतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमला (प्रातिपदिक) + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• अमत्सरः: free from envy
• अमत्सरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ- (नञ्) + मत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुष; विशेषण

• प्रशान्तः: calm, tranquil
• प्रशान्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√शम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) → प्रशान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) used adjectivally

• शुचिचरितः: of pure conduct
• शुचिचरितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक) + चरित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय; विशेषण

• अखिलसत्त्वमित्रभूतः: become a friend to all beings
• अखिलसत्त्वमित्रभूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + मित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative); विशेषण

• प्रियहितवचनः: one whose words are pleasing and beneficial
• प्रियहितवचनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) + हित (प्रातिपदिक) + वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष; विशेषण

• अस्तमानमायः: with pride and deceit gone
• अस्तमानमायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्त (प्रातिपदिक) + मान (प्रातिपदिक) + माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष; विशेषण (with elided sense: 'whose pride and deceit have set')

• वसति: dwells
• वसति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva (Vishnu)
• वासुदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva
• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of Vāsudeva ‘dwelling in the heart’ in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents Vishnu as the Antaryāmin—most intimately present—revealed in a heart purified by compassion, truthfulness, and inner peace rather than by mere external ritual.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the practical signs of spiritual maturity here?

Parāśara lists observable virtues—freedom from envy, calmness, purity of conduct, friendliness to all beings, and beneficial speech—showing that inner realization expresses itself as ethical and compassionate living.

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

Vishnu is portrayed as the Supreme Lord who becomes experientially present within the devotee; the verse aligns devotion and virtue with the Lord’s immanence, a key Vaishnava foundation for later Vedānta traditions.