Shloka 2

प्रह्लादस्य विष्णुमयता, विष्णोः दर्शनं, वरदानं, तथा चरितश्रवण-फलम्

Devanagari script

विसस्मार तथात्मानं नान्यत् किंचिद् अजानत अहम् एवाव्ययो ऽनन्तः परमात्मेत्य् अचिन्तयत्

Transliteration

visasmāra tathātmānaṃ nānyat kiṃcid ajānata aham evāvyayo 'nantaḥ paramātmety acintayat

Translation

Demikian dia melupakan bahkan rasa diri yang dahulu dan tidak mengetahui apa-apa yang lain; dia bermeditasi, “Akulah yang tidak binasa, yang tidak berhingga—akulah Paramatma.”

Word by Word

• विसस्मार: forgot
• विसस्मार: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd sg. perfect, active)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/रीतिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: “thus/so”)

• आत्मानम्: himself
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (acc. sg.)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक निपात (negation particle)

• अन्यत्: anything else
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.)

• किञ्चित्: anything at all
• किञ्चित्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (indefinite pronoun; neut. acc. sg.)

• अजानत: knew
• अजानत: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd sg. imperfect, active); न + अजानत = “did not know”

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (1st person pronoun, nom. sg.)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle: “indeed/only”)

• अव्ययः: imperishable
• अव्ययः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.); विशेषणम् (qualifies अहम्)

• अनन्तः: endless
• अनन्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.); विशेषणम् (qualifies अहम्)

• परमात्मा: the Supreme Self
• परमात्मा: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम+आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; परमात्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.); कर्मधारयः—परमः आत्मा (the supreme Self)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vakyartha-dyotaka (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• अचिन्तयत्: he thought
• अचिन्तयत्: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd sg. imperfect, active)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Characteristics of samādhi where individuality is eclipsed

Teaching: Philosophical

Quality: revealing

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: In profound absorption, the prior ego-sense is forgotten and only the intuition of the imperishable, infinite Paramātman remains.

Vedantic Theme: Atman

Application: Practice sustained inward recollection (smaraṇa) and reduce sensory dispersal to cultivate one-pointed awareness.

Vishishtadvaita: The ‘I am’ language is read as the Lord’s supremacy shining in consciousness—selfhood is subordinated to Paramātman rather than autonomous ego.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Paramatma
• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of realizing the Paramatma in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames liberation as the collapse of all other identifications, culminating in contemplation of the imperishable, infinite Supreme Self—identified in Vaishnava theology with Vishnu.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the dissolution of ordinary self-identity here?

By stating that one “forgets even himself” and knows nothing else, Parāśara depicts a yogic absorption where ego-based selfhood falls away and only the Supreme principle is contemplated.

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

The attributes “Avyaya” and “Ananta” point to the ultimate, unconditioned reality; in the Vishnu Purana’s Vaishnava framework, that Supreme Self is Vishnu as the ground and ruler of the cosmos.