Shloka 30
सोमचक्रः, ग्रह-रथाः, ध्रुवबन्धनं, शिशुमारसंनिवेशः, विष्णु-सर्वात्मकता
Moon, Planets, Dhruva-Tethering, Śiśumāra, and Vishnu as All
यद् अह्ना कुरुते पापं दृष्ट्वा तं निशि मुच्यते यावन्त्यश् चैव तारास् ताः शिशुमाराश्रिता दिवि तावन्त्य् एव तु वर्षाणि जीवत्य् अभ्यधिकानि च
yad ahnā kurute pāpaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ niśi mucyate yāvantyaś caiva tārās tāḥ śiśumārāśritā divi tāvanty eva tu varṣāṇi jīvaty abhyadhikāni ca
മനുഷ്യൻ പകൽ ചെയ്യുന്ന പാപം, രാത്രി ആ (ശിശുമാര) ദർശനം കൊണ്ടു വിട്ടുമാറുന്നു. ആകാശത്തിൽ ശിശുമാരത്തിൽ ആശ്രിതമായ നക്ഷത്രങ്ങൾ എത്രയോ, അത്രയും വർഷങ്ങൾ—അതിലും അധികം—അവൻ ജീവിക്കുന്നു।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Merit of beholding the Śiśumāra at night; its sin-destroying and life-extending fruit
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: compassionate
Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas
Concept: Darśana of a sacred cosmic form functions as a purifier, indicating that devotion and contemplation can burn away demerit.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Adopt regular contemplative practice (nightly remembrance, stotra, or sky-meditation) as a rhythm of self-correction and renewal.
Vishishtadvaita: Purification through reverent contemplation aligns with grace-mediated transformation while maintaining the reality of the soul’s moral agency.
Vishnu Form: Narayana
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
In this passage, the Śiśumāra is a sacred celestial configuration whose contemplation functions as a purifier—removing sins accumulated in daily life and conferring auspicious longevity.
Parāśara states that simply beholding it at night releases one from sins committed during the day, presenting a cosmological practice where the ordered heavens serve as a moral-spiritual aid.
Though Vishnu is not named in this verse, the teaching aligns with Vaishnava cosmology where the universe is an expression of supreme order; contemplating cosmic structure becomes a means of aligning the self with that higher reality.