Shloka 4

मायामोह-प्रवर्तन, वेदमार्ग-बहिष्कार, तथा पाषण्ड-संसर्ग-दोषः

Māyāmoha’s Delusion, Rejection of the Vedic Path, and the Fault of Heretical Association

Devanagari script

पारत्र्यफललाभाय तपश्चर्या महामते अस्माभिर् इयम् आरब्धा किं वा ते ऽत्र विवक्षितम्

Transliteration

pāratryaphalalābhāya tapaścaryā mahāmate asmābhir iyam ārabdhā kiṃ vā te 'tra vivakṣitam

Translation

ໂອ ຜູ້ມີປັນຍາຍິ່ງ, ພວກເຮົາເລີ່ມວິນັຍຕະປະນີ້ເພື່ອໄດ້ຮັບຜົນໃນໂລກໜ້າ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ທ່ານປະສົງຈະຖາມ ຫຼື ໃຫ້ອະທິບາຍຫຍັງຢູ່ນີ້?

Word by Word

• पारत्र्यफललाभाय: for obtaining the otherworldly fruit
• पारत्र्यफललाभाय: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारत्र्य (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + लाभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-समास (पारत्र्यस्य फलस्य लाभः)

• तपश्चर्या: practice of austerity
• तपश्चर्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) + चर्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तपसः चर्या)

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• आरब्धा: has been begun
• आरब्धा: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रभ् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (begun)

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (or)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (also can be चतुर्थी; here genitive)

• अत्र: here, in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• विवक्षितम्: intended, meant (to be said)
• विवक्षितम्: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-वक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘विवक्षिता इच्छा/अभिप्रायः’

Speaker

Uncertain (context suggests an ascetic speaker addressing a revered interlocutor; commonly framed within the Parāśara–Maitreya dialogue of the Vishnu Purana)

FAQs

What is the significance of pāratryaphala (fruit of the hereafter) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames austerity (tapas) as a means to secure results beyond this life, emphasizing karmic continuity and the moral order that governs post-mortem outcomes.

How does the Vishnu Purana present tapas in its dialogue style?

It uses a question-driven exchange: the speaker states the purpose of austerity and invites the interlocutor to specify the intended question, setting up a didactic explanation.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana’s framework treats dharma and its fruits as operating under the sovereignty of the Supreme (Vishnu), who upholds cosmic order and the moral law.