Shloka 26

मैत्रेयप्रश्नः—पुराणसंहिताप्रतिज्ञा च

Maitreya’s Questions and Parāśara’s Resolve to Teach

Devanagari script

पुराणसंहिताकर्ता भवान् वत्स भविष्यति देवतापारमार्थ्यं च यथावद् वेत्स्यते भवान्

Transliteration

purāṇasaṃhitākartā bhavān vatsa bhaviṣyati devatāpāramārthyaṃ ca yathāvad vetsyate bhavān

Translation

ချစ်သားရေ၊ သင်သည် ပုရာဏသံဟိတကို စုစည်းရေးသားသူ ဖြစ်လာမည်၊ ထို့ပြင် ဘုရားသဘော၏ အမြင့်ဆုံး အဆုံးစွန် အမှန်တရားကို မှန်ကန်ပြည့်စုံစွာ သိလာမည်။

Word by Word

• पुराणसंहिताकर्ता: compiler/author of the Purāṇa-saṃhitā
• पुराणसंहिताकर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण + संहिता + कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुराणस्य संहितायाः कर्ता)

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोगः (honorific ‘you’)

• वत्स: dear child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• देवतापारमार्थ्यम्: the highest truth/ultimate reality regarding the deities
• देवतापारमार्थ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता + पारमार्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवतानां पारमार्थ्यम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• यथावत्: properly, correctly
• यथावत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्ययम् (adverb)

• वेत्स्यते: will know
• वेत्स्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोगः

Speaker

Sage Parasara (addressing Maitreya within the framing dialogue)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Authority and transmission of Purāṇic knowledge; assurance of right apprehension of the divine highest truth (devatā-pāramārthya).

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: authoritative

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Right knowledge of the highest truth concerning the Divine is attainable and is destined to be firmly realized through authorized transmission.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Seek śāstra through a trustworthy lineage and cultivate disciplined study so that understanding becomes precise rather than impressionistic.

Vishishtadvaita: The ‘highest truth of the Divine’ is knowable (not merely negated), supporting a personal Para-Brahman accessible through śāstra and grace.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Devatā (the Divine)

FAQs

What is the significance of becoming a Purāṇa-saṃhitā-kartā in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames the Purana as a faithfully transmitted compendium: the disciple is authorized to compile and preserve the tradition, grounding the text’s credibility in a guru-disciple lineage.

How does Sage Parasara explain the idea of devatā-pāramārthya (the Divine’s ultimate reality)?

Here Parasara indicates that true teaching is not merely narrative but culminates in correct knowledge of the Divine “as it is” (yathāvat), setting a philosophical aim for the entire discourse.

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

Although the verse says “Devatā,” the Vishnu Purana’s framework identifies the Supreme Reality with Vishnu; thus the promise is of realizing Vishnu’s highest nature while compiling sacred history and cosmology.