Shloka 61

अविद्याबीज-निरूपणं, योगस्वरूप-उपदेशः, मूर्तहरिधारणा-समाधि, जनकवंशीय-राजर्षिसंवादः

Devanagari script

विष्णुशक्तिः परा प्रोक्ता क्षेत्रज्ञाख्या तथापरा अविद्या कर्मसंज्ञान्या तृतीया शक्तिर् इष्यते

Transliteration

viṣṇuśaktiḥ parā proktā kṣetrajñākhyā tathāparā avidyā karmasaṃjñānyā tṛtīyā śaktir iṣyate

Translation

ဗိဿနု၏ သက္တိကို အမြင့်ဆုံးဟု ကြေညာထားသည်။ ထို့ပြင် ‘ခ္ရှೇತ್ರဇ္ဉ’ ဟု ခေါ်သော အတွင်း၌ တည်နေသော သိသူ သက္တိတစ်ပါးလည်း ရှိသည်။ တတိယ သက္တိမှာ အဝိဒ္ဓာ ဖြစ်ပြီး ကမ္မဟုလည်း ခေါ်ကြသည်; ထိုသက္တိကြောင့် ချည်နှောင်မှုနှင့် သံသရာဖြစ်ပေါ်မှုကို ရှင်းလင်းနိုင်သည်။

Word by Word

• विष्णुशक्तिः: Vishnu’s power
• विष्णुशक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः शक्तिः)

• परा: supreme
• परा: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (विष्णुशक्तेः)

• प्रोक्ता: is said/declared
• प्रोक्ता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय-विशेषणम्

• क्षेत्रज्ञाख्या: called ‘kṣetrajña’
• क्षेत्रज्ञाख्या: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षेत्रज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (क्षेत्रज्ञस्य आख्या) = ‘named as kṣetrajña’; विशेषणम् (परा-शक्तेः)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/so’)

• अपरा: other/secondary
• अपरा: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शक्तेः)

• अविद्या: ignorance
• अविद्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अविद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कर्मसंज्ञान्या: known as ‘karma’
• कर्मसंज्ञान्या: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञान्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कर्मणः संज्ञा यस्याः) = ‘having the designation “karma”’; विशेषणम् (अविद्यायाः)

• तृतीया: third
• तृतीया: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शक्तेः)

• शक्तिः: power
• शक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इष्यते: is considered
• इष्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘is considered/held to be’

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Kṣetrajña
• Avidyā
• Karma

FAQs

What is the significance of the three śaktis of Vishnu in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames reality through three powers: the supreme transcendent power, the kṣetrajña (indwelling knower), and the binding power of avidyā/karma—together explaining divinity, consciousness, and bondage.

How does Sage Parāśara explain avidyā and karma in this context?

Parāśara identifies avidyā as a distinct śakti and equates it with karma in function—what produces conditioned experience, perpetuates saṃsāra, and obscures true knowledge of the Supreme.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu here?

Vishnu is presented as the ultimate ground whose powers account for both liberation-oriented reality (parā and kṣetrajña) and worldly bondage (avidyā/karma), reinforcing Vishnu’s sovereignty over cosmos and self.