Shloka 45
नरक-निर्णयः, पाप-कर्म-फल-व्यवस्था, प्रायश्चित्त-क्रमः, तथा हरि-स्मरण-परमत्वम्
तस्माद् अहर्निशं विष्णुं संस्मरन् पुरुषो मुने न याति नरकं शुद्धः संक्षीणाखिलपातकः
tasmād aharniśaṃ viṣṇuṃ saṃsmaran puruṣo mune na yāti narakaṃ śuddhaḥ saṃkṣīṇākhilapātakaḥ
അതുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ മുനേ, രാവും പകലും വിഷ്ണുവിനെ സ്മരിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ നരകത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുകയില്ല. അവൻ ശുദ്ധനായി, എല്ലാ പാപങ്ങളും ക്ഷയിച്ച്, പതനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനായി നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു.
Sage Parāśara
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Fruit of aharniśa-smaraṇa: destruction of sin and avoidance of naraka
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: compassionate
Concept: Unceasing remembrance of Viṣṇu purifies the heart, exhausts all sins, and prevents descent into naraka.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Anchor the day with brief, frequent smaraṇa (upon waking, before meals, at transitions), treating it as inner purification rather than mere repetition.
Vishishtadvaita: Grace-mediated purification: the Lord’s remembrance functions as a direct purifier that removes pāpa and safeguards the devotee.
Vishnu Form: Hari
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
This verse presents unbroken remembrance (aharniśaṃ saṃsmaraṇa) as a direct purifier that destroys all sins, preventing descent into naraka and orienting the devotee toward liberation.
Parāśara frames devotion as an inner purification: by continually recalling Vishnu, the devotee becomes śuddha (pure), with sins fully depleted (saṃkṣīṇākhila-pātaka).
Vishnu is treated as the sovereign, saving Supreme Reality whose remembrance itself has transformative power—overriding karmic downfall and securing spiritual protection and release.