Shloka 6

यमस्य अधिकारभङ्गः — वैष्णवस्य लक्षणम्

Freedom from Yama through Hari-śaraṇāgati

Devanagari script

यातनाभ्यः परिभ्रष्टा देवाद्यास्व् अथ योनिषु जन्तवः परिवर्तन्ते शास्त्राणाम् एष निर्णयः

Transliteration

yātanābhyaḥ paribhraṣṭā devādyāsv atha yoniṣu jantavaḥ parivartante śāstrāṇām eṣa nirṇayaḥ

Translation

その責め苦から離れたのち、衆生は再び生まれ変わりを巡る——天界の位から始まり、さまざまな胎へと移る。これが聖典の確定した結論である。

Word by Word

• यातनाभ्यः: from the torments
• यातनाभ्यः: Apādāna (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (अपादान), बहुवचन

• परिभ्रष्टाः: having fallen away (from)
• परिभ्रष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + √भ्रंश् (भ्रंशँ पतने/च्युतौ)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'fallen away/escaped'

• देवाद्यासु: in (states) beginning with gods
• देवाद्यासु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-आद्य (प्रातिपदिक; देव + आदि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः: देवा आद्याः यस्याः (class)

• अथ: then/and
• अथ: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थ/प्रस्तावार्थ (then/now)

• योनिषु: in wombs/births
• योनिषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), बहुवचन

• जन्तवः: creatures
• जन्तवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• परिवर्तन्ते: revolve/undergo transmigration
• परिवर्तन्ते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + √वृत् (वृतँ वर्तने)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• शास्त्राणाम्: of the scriptures
• शास्त्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• निर्णयः: conclusion/decision
• निर्णयः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्णय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (in discourse to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Devas (gods)
• Jantavas (living beings)
• Shastras (scriptural authority)

FAQs

What is the significance of rebirth after punishment in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse states the scriptural doctrine that after experiencing torments, beings are released and continue transmigrating into new births, even into divine states, according to remaining karma.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the cycle of samsara here?

Parāśara frames samsara as a lawful “revolving” through yonis: once a phase of suffering is exhausted, the jīva moves onward into other embodiments, governed by śāstric moral causality.

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

Though Vishnu is not named in this line, the teaching assumes a Vishnu-ordered cosmos where dharma and karmic law operate under the Supreme’s sovereignty, guiding beings through punishment, release, and rebirth.