Shloka 10

कलौ धर्मसुलभता — व्यासोपाख्यानम् एवं संकीर्तन-प्रधानता

Devanagari script

कृतसंवन्दनांश् चाह कृतासनपरिग्रहान् किमर्थम् आगता यूयम् इति सत्यवतीसुतः

Transliteration

kṛtasaṃvandanāṃś cāha kṛtāsanaparigrahān kimartham āgatā yūyam iti satyavatīsutaḥ

Translation

അവരുടെ വന്ദനം സ്വീകരിച്ച് അവർക്കു ആസനങ്ങൾ നൽകി, സത്യവതിയുടെ പുത്രൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“നിങ്ങൾ എല്ലാവരും ഏതു കാര്യമൂലം വന്നിരിക്കുന്നു?”

Word by Word

• कृत-संवन्दनान्: those who had performed salutations
• कृत-संवन्दनान्: Karma (Object, addressed)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातोः क्त) + संवन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying implied ‘तान्’/मुनीन्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/आह् (धातु: अह् ‘to say’)
• Form: लिट् (perfect); प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्; अर्थ: उवाच (he said)

• कृत-आसन-परिग्रहान्: who had taken their seats
• कृत-आसन-परिग्रहान्: Karma (Object, addressed)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातोः क्त) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक) + परिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (आसनपरिग्रहः = आसनस्य परिग्रहः; कृतः आसनपरिग्रहः येषाम्); पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• किमर्थम्: for what reason
• किमर्थम्: Kriya-vishesana (Interrogative adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव; प्रश्नार्थक क्रियाविशेषणम् (for what purpose/why)

• आगताः: have come
• आगताः: Kriya (Predicate with yūyam)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle used predicatively); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; अर्थ: आगतवन्तः (having come)

• यूयम्: you (pl.)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nominative plural)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यपरिसमाप्ति/उद्धरणचिह्न (quotative particle)

• सत्यवती-सुतः: the son of Satyavatī (Vyāsa)
• सत्यवती-सुतः: Karta (Speaker/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यवती (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सत्यवत्याः सुतः); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्

Speaker

Satyavatī’s son (Vyāsa)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: अतिथि-सत्कार (संवन्दन, आसन-प्रदान) के बाद ही प्रश्न-उत्तर का आरम्भ—धर्म का शिष्टाचार-रूप।

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: संवाद/विवाद से पूर्व सम्मानजनक शिष्टाचार और ‘listening posture’ बनाइए; इससे ज्ञान-चर्चा फलवती होती है।

Vishishtadvaita: आचार्य-परम्परा में विनय और सेवा को ज्ञान-प्राप्ति का अंग मानना—भक्ति/प्रपत्ति की अनुकूल वृत्तियाँ।

Vaishnava Theology

Bhakti Type: Dasya

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa (Satyavatī-suta)

FAQs

What is the significance of offering seats and greetings in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse highlights dharmic protocol—honoring visitors through salutations and hospitality—establishing moral order before the text proceeds to weightier teachings about decline in Kali Yuga.

How does the Vishnu Purana structure its teachings through dialogue?

It commonly frames instruction through courteous encounters: after formal reception, the authoritative speaker asks the visitors’ purpose, opening the pathway for doctrinal narration.

What is the theological importance of this context for Vaishnava tradition?

Even before explicit theology, the Purana emphasizes dharma as the lived ground on which devotion and knowledge of the Supreme (Vishnu) are transmitted through proper teacher–seeker engagement.