Shloka 142

दुर्वासाशापः, क्षीरसागरमन्थनम्, श्रीः (लक्ष्मी) उद्भवः तथा श्रीस्तुतिः

Devanagari script

देवत्वे देवदेहेयं मनुष्यत्वे च मानुषी विष्णोर् देहानुरूपां वै करोत्य् एषात्मनस् तनुम्

Transliteration

devatve devadeheyaṃ manuṣyatve ca mānuṣī viṣṇor dehānurūpāṃ vai karoty eṣātmanas tanum

Translation

ဒေဝတော်သဘောကို ဖော်ပြရမည်ဆိုလျှင် ဤသည် ဒေဝကာယ ဖြစ်လာပြီး၊ လူသဘောကို ဖော်ပြရမည်ဆိုလျှင် လူကာယ ဖြစ်လာသည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် ဗိဿနုသည် လိုအပ်သော ကိုယ်ထည်အခြေအနေနှင့် ကိုက်ညီအောင် မိမိအတွက် သင့်တော်သော ရုပ်သဏ္ဍာန်ကို ဖန်ဆင်းတော်မူသည်။

Word by Word

• देवत्वे: in divinity
• देवत्वे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• देवदेहा: having a divine body
• देवदेहा: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव + देह (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (देवः देहः यस्याः/देवदेहा) विशेषण

• इयम्: this (she)
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (सर्वनाम/pronoun)

• मनुष्यत्वे: in humanity
• मनुष्यत्वे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्यत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

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

• मानुषी: human (female)
• मानुषी: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुषी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• देहानुरूपाम्: corresponding to (his) bodies
• देहानुरूपाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देह + अनुरूप (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (देहानाम् अनुरूपा) विशेषण

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक/particle: indeed)

• करोति: makes, assumes
• करोति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• एषा: this (she)
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (सर्वनाम/pronoun)

• आत्मनः: of herself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तनुम्: body, form
• तनुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of Vishnu taking different forms in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse states that Vishnu freely assumes a form suited to the realm—divine among gods, human among humans—showing avatāra as a deliberate, sovereign manifestation rather than a forced embodiment.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the concept of embodiment here?

Parāśara frames embodiment as something Vishnu ‘fashions for Himself’ in accordance with the required mode of existence, preserving the idea that the Lord remains supreme while appearing in appropriate forms.

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

Vishnu is presented as the Supreme Reality who governs and chooses His manifestations, reinforcing a Vaishnava view where divine forms are purposeful (līlā) and uphold cosmic order.