Shloka 78

दुर्वासाशापः, क्षीरसागरमन्थनम्, श्रीः (लक्ष्मी) उद्भवः तथा श्रीस्तुतिः

Devanagari script

मथ्यमाने च तत्राब्धौ यत् समुत्पद्यते ऽमृतम् तत्पानाद् बलिनो यूयम् अमराश् च भविष्यथ

Transliteration

mathyamāne ca tatrābdhau yat samutpadyate 'mṛtam tatpānād balino yūyam amarāś ca bhaviṣyatha

Translation

ആ സമുദ്രം മഥിക്കപ്പെടുമ്പോൾ അതിൽ നിന്നു ഉദ്ഭവിക്കുന്ന അമൃതം പാനം ചെയ്‌താൽ നിങ്ങൾ ശക്തിമാന്മാരാകും; അമരന്മാരും ആകും.

Word by Word

• mathyamāne: when (it is) being churned
• mathyamāne: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manth/math (धातु) → mathyamāna (शानच्)
• Form: शानच्-वर्तमानकृदन्त (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — 'while being churned'

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location marker/अधिकरण-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• abdhau: in the ocean
• abdhau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abdhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Karta (Subject of samutpadyate/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'that which'

• samutpadyate: arises/comes forth
• samutpadyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ut-pad (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• amṛtam: nectar
• amṛtam: Karta (Apposition to yat/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tatpānāt: from drinking that
• tatpānāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक) + pāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः 'तस्य पानम्'

• balinaḥ: strong
• balinaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: balin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• yūyam: you
• yūyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• amarāḥ: immortals
• amarāḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• bhaviṣyatha: you will become
• bhaviṣyatha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: The promised result of churning—amṛta and its effects

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: revealing

Avatara Context

Avatara: Kurma

Purpose: To promise the empowering fruit of amṛta from the churning, motivating cooperation while the Lord directs the outcome.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Sustaining cosmic vitality through the emergence of amṛta (divine life-sap)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: True strength and ‘deathlessness’ come through divine dispensation; promised boons are subordinate to the Lord’s will.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Work steadily and offer results to God; do not cling to rewards as absolute entitlements.

Vishishtadvaita: Immortality is not self-generated; it is granted within the Lord’s economy of grace to dependent selves (śeṣa-bhūta jīvas).

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Asuras
• Kshira Sagara (Ocean of Milk)

FAQs

What is the significance of amṛta in the Vishnu Purana’s Samudra Manthana?

Amṛta represents the sought-after fruit of the churning—power and deathlessness—showing how cosmic endeavors aim at restoring divine stability and supremacy.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the purpose of churning the ocean in this context?

He frames the churning as a deliberate means to bring forth amṛta; drinking it is presented as the direct cause for the devas’ renewed strength and immortality.

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

Even when not named in the verse, the narrative presumes Vishnu’s sovereign oversight: immortality and order arise through a divinely governed cosmic process central to Vaishnava cosmology.