Shloka 67

प्रह्लादचरितम् (हिरण्यकशिपोः स्वर्गापहरणं, प्रह्लादस्य विष्णुभक्तिः, उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

यद् यद् गृहे तन् मनसि यत्र तत्रावतिष्ठतः नाशदाहापहरणं कुतस् तत्रैव तिष्ठति

Transliteration

yad yad gṛhe tan manasi yatra tatrāvatiṣṭhataḥ nāśadāhāpaharaṇaṃ kutas tatraiva tiṣṭhati

Translation

ສິ່ງໃດທີ່ເກັບໄວ້ໃນເຮືອນ ໃຈກໍຍຶດຕິດຊ້ຳໆ ແລະໄປຕັ້ງຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນ; ແລ້ວຄວາມພິນາດ ໄຟໄໝ້ ຫຼືການລັກຂໂມຍ ຈະບໍ່ມາຕົກຢູ່ທີ່ສິ່ງນັ້ນໄດ້ແນວໃດ

Word by Word

• yad: whatever
• yad: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (relative)

• yad: whatever (each thing)
• yad: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

• gṛhe: in the house
• gṛhe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (correlative)

• manasi: in the mind
• manasi: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-स्थानवाचक (relative adverb of place)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक (correlative adverb of place)

• avatiṣṭhataḥ: stand/remain (in two places)
• avatiṣṭhataḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava√sthā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), द्विवचन; (पाठभेदे बहुवचन-रूपं 'avatiṣṭhante' अपेक्षितम्)

• nāśa-dāha-apaharaṇam: destruction, burning, and theft
• nāśa-dāha-apaharaṇam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa (प्रातिपदिक) + dāha (प्रातिपदिक) + apaharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (nāśaś ca dāhaś ca apaharaṇaṃ ca)

• kutaḥ: how/whence
• kutaḥ: Hetu/Prashna (Cause/Question)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kutas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative adverb: 'whence/how')

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha/Avadharana (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis/only)

• tiṣṭhati: stands/remains
• tiṣṭhati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (in discourse to Maitreya)

FAQs

What is the significance of impermanence of possessions in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse links possession to mental clinging and shows that whatever the mind fixates on becomes the locus of anxiety—because loss through destruction, fire, or theft is inherent to worldly things.

How does Sage Parāśara explain attachment and fear of loss?

Parāśara frames attachment as a mental settling: the mind repeatedly “dwells” on what is owned, and therefore the threats to that object (ruin, burning, theft) also effectively “dwell” there as constant possibilities.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

By exposing the insecurity of material dependence, the teaching implicitly redirects the seeker toward Vishnu as the stable, sovereign refuge beyond decay—supporting a bhakti-centered vision of the Supreme Reality.