Shloka 79

सप्तद्वीप-समुद्र-प्रमाणम्: प्लक्षादि-द्वीपवर्णनं, लोकालोक-सीमा, चन्द्र-समुद्र-वृद्धिक्षयः

Devanagari script

अधमोत्तमौ न तेष्व् आस्तां न वध्यवधकौ द्विज नेर्ष्यासूया भयं रोषो दोषो लोभादिको न च

Transliteration

adhamottamau na teṣv āstāṃ na vadhyavadhakau dvija nerṣyāsūyā bhayaṃ roṣo doṣo lobhādiko na ca

Translation

ឱ ទ្វិជៈ ក្នុងពួកគេមិនមានគំនិត ‘ទាប’ ឬ ‘ខ្ពស់’ ទេ; មិនមានអ្នកត្រូវសម្លាប់ ឬអ្នកសម្លាប់ឡើយ។ ការច嫉 និងការច្រណែនមិនកើត; ភ័យ និងកំហឹងគ្មាន; ហើយកំហុសដូចជាលោភជាដើមក៏មិនមាន។

Word by Word

अधमोत्तमौthe low and the high (statuses)

नnot

तेषुamong them

आस्ताम्exist/are (let there be)

नnot

वध्यवधकौthe to-be-killed and the killer

द्विजO twice-born (brāhmaṇa)

नnot

ईर्ष्याenvy

असूयाmalice/carping

भयम्fear

रोषःanger

दोषःfault/vice

लोभादिकःgreed and the like

नnot

चand

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Dvija (the addressed brahmin/disciple)

Maitreya (implicit listener)

Parāśara (narrator)

FAQs

What is the significance of a realm without ‘higher’ and ‘lower’ in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse portrays perfected dharma: when inner faults and passions cease, social comparison (adhama/uttama) loses meaning, indicating a spiritually refined order.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the absence of ‘slayer and slain’ here?

He describes a condition where violence and its causes—envy, fear, anger, and greed—do not arise; therefore the very roles of killer and killed are absent.

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

Such harmony is presented as consonant with Vishnu’s sustaining sovereignty: when beings align with the higher order upheld by Vishnu, disordering passions and conflict subside.