Shloka 56

Devanagari script

यस्मिन् न्यस्तमतिर् न याति नरकं स्वर्गो ऽपि यच् चिन्तने विघ्नो यत्र निवेशितात्ममनसो ब्राह्मो ऽपि लोको ऽल्पकः मुक्तिं चेतसि यः स्थितो ऽमलधियां पुंसां ददात्य् अव्ययः किं चित्रं यद् अघं प्रयाति विलयं तत्राच्युते कीर्तिते

Transliteration

yasmin nyastamatir na yāti narakaṃ svargo 'pi yac cintane vighno yatra niveśitātmamanaso brāhmo 'pi loko 'lpakaḥ muktiṃ cetasi yaḥ sthito 'maladhiyāṃ puṃsāṃ dadāty avyayaḥ kiṃ citraṃ yad aghaṃ prayāti vilayaṃ tatrācyute kīrtite

Translation

ひとたび心を彼に据えれば地獄に堕ちず、その想念は天界さえ障りのように思わせる。自己と心意を彼に定めた者には、梵天の世界すら取るに足らぬ。心中に住する不滅の主は清浄なる智慧の人に解脱を授ける。ゆえにアチュタを讃えるとき罪が滅するのは何の不思議もない。

Word by Word

• yasmin: in whom/wherein
• yasmin: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular); अधिकरणे (locative)

• nyasta-matiḥ: one whose mind is fixed (there)
• nyasta-matiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ni-√as (धातु) + mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासः (nyastā matiḥ = ‘placed mind’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग ‘mati’, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-विशेषण ‘nyasta’ (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle)

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negative particle)

• yāti: goes
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• narakam: to hell
• narakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• svargaḥ: heaven
• svargaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• api: even/also
• api: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also/even)

• yat: which/that
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• cintane: in (his) contemplation
• cintane: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cintana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• vighnaḥ: obstacle
• vighnaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरणार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• niveśita-ātma-manasaḥ: of one whose self and mind are absorbed (there)
• niveśita-ātma-manasaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ni-√viś (धातु) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः; ‘niveśita’ (क्त-प्रत्यय, PPP) + ‘ātman’ + ‘manas’; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (genitive singular) — ‘of (one) whose self and mind are fixed (there)’

• brāhmaḥ: Brahmā’s / pertaining to Brahmā
• brāhmaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brāhma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘lokaḥ’)

• api: even
• api: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-निपात (even)

• lokaḥ: world/realm
• lokaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• alpakaḥ: small/insignificant
• alpakaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: alpaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘lokaḥ’)

• muktim: liberation
• muktim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• cetasi: in the mind
• cetasi: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• sthitaḥ: abiding/placed
• sthitaḥ: Karta (Predicative/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्थितः’ = ‘being placed/abiding’

• amala-dhiyām: of the pure-minded
• amala-dhiyām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amala (प्रातिपदिक) + dhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः (amala-dhiyaḥ = ‘pure-minded’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग ‘dhi’, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• puṃsām: of men/people
• puṃsām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṃs (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• dadāti: gives
• dadāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• avyayaḥ: imperishable
• avyayaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: avyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘yaḥ’/the Lord)

• kim: what
• kim: Discourse (Question/प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थ

• citram: wonder
• citram: Predicate (प्रत्ययार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘किं चित्रम्’ = ‘what wonder’

• yat: that which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• agham: sin/evil
• agham: Karta/Karma (Contextual/कर्ता-वा-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पापार्थ

• prayāti: goes/attains
• prayāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• vilayam: dissolution
• vilayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vilaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; गत्यर्थकर्म

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरणार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• acyute: in Acyuta (Vishnu)
• acyute: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: acyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in/when Acyuta is ...)

• kīrtite: when (he is) praised
• kīrtite: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kīrt (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle) in locative singular neuter/masc: ‘कीर्तिते’ = ‘when praised/being praised’; सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (locative absolute sense)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: effects of fixing the mind on Acyuta—transcending naraka, svarga, even Brahmaloka; sin-destruction by kīrtana

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: revealing

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: When the mind is firmly placed in Acyuta, hell is avoided, heaven becomes a distraction, even Brahmaloka is trivial, and the Lord within grants liberation; thus His praise annihilates sin.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Cultivate steady remembrance (smaraṇa) and kīrtana; treat even ‘spiritual achievements’ as secondary to unwavering God-centeredness.

Vishishtadvaita: Stresses the indwelling Lord (antaryāmin) who personally bestows mokṣa, aligning liberation with divine grace rather than mere ascent to higher lokas.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Antaryamin: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu (Acyuta)
• Brahma (Brahmaloka)
• Svarga (Heaven)
• Naraka (Hell)
• Moksha (Liberation)

FAQs

What is the significance of praising Acyuta (Vishnu) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse states that kīrtana of Acyuta causes sins to dissolve and leads the pure-minded toward liberation, making even heavenly attainments secondary.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the value of svarga and Brahmaloka compared to moksha?

Parāśara presents svarga as a potential distraction and even Brahmā’s realm as ‘small’ for one absorbed in Vishnu, because moksha is the highest aim.

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

Vishnu is portrayed as the avyaya (imperishable) indweller who directly grants mukti, affirming His supremacy over all worlds and rewards.