Shloka 13
हरेः पुत्रविस्तारः तथा ऊषानिरुद्धकथा-प्रारम्भः
Kṛṣṇa’s Progeny and the Beginning of the Uṣā–Aniruddha Episode
इत्युक्ते सा तदा चक्रे कदेति मतिम् आत्मनः को वा भर्ता ममेत्य् एनां पुनर् अप्य् आह पार्वती
ityukte sā tadā cakre kadeti matim ātmanaḥ ko vā bhartā mamety enāṃ punar apy āha pārvatī
ពេលបានឮដូច្នោះ នាងបានគិតក្នុងចិត្តភ្លាមៗថា «ពេលណាទៅ? ហើយស្វាមីរបស់ខ្ញុំជានរណា?» បន្ទាប់មក ព្រះនាងបារវតីបានមានព្រះបន្ទូលទៅនាងម្តងទៀត។
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Narrative continuation within Kṛṣṇa-related episodes; depiction of inner thought (mati) and its redirection by divine/wise speech.
Teaching: Historical
Quality: revealing and psychologically nuanced
Concept: Desire naturally seeks a definite object and time; wise guidance redirects restless questioning into a structured, auspicious expectation.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Notice spiraling thoughts in longing; seek grounding counsel and convert anxiety into patient preparedness.
Vishishtadvaita: Embodied mind (citta/mati) is not denied but guided; divine-aligned instruction orders emotion toward a dharmic end.
FAQs
The verse highlights that a character’s inward intention—her ‘mati’—becomes the pivot for the next turn in the story, showing how Purāṇic narratives treat inner consciousness as causally meaningful.
Parāśara narrates the character’s internal question (“when?” and “who will be my husband?”) and immediately follows it with an external response (Pārvatī speaking again), a common Purāṇic technique linking inner doubt to divine guidance.
Though Vishnu is not named in this line, the Purāṇic worldview assumes a divinely ordered moral universe under Vishnu’s sovereignty, where timely guidance and rightful outcomes unfold within dharma.