Shloka 9

विषप्रयोगः कृत्योत्पादनं च (प्रह्लादस्य अवध्यता, कृत्याविनाशः, पुरोहितानां रक्षणम्)

Devanagari script

त्वर्यतां त्वर्यतां सद्यो हे हे दैत्यपुरोहिताः कृत्यां तस्य विनाशाय उत्पादयत मा चिरम्

Transliteration

tvaryatāṃ tvaryatāṃ sadyo he he daityapurohitāḥ kṛtyāṃ tasya vināśāya utpādayata mā ciram

Translation

ଶୀଘ୍ର କର! ଶୀଘ୍ର କର! ହେ ଦୈତ୍ୟ ପୁରୋହିତଗଣ! ତୁରନ୍ତ ତାହାର ବିନାଶ ପାଇଁ ଏକ 'କୃତ୍ୟା' ଉତ୍ପନ୍ନ କର, ବିଳମ୍ବ କର ନାହିଁ!

Word by Word

• त्वर्यताम्: hurry!
• त्वर्यताम्: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्वर् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद; ‘त्वर्यताम्’ = शीघ्रं कुरुत

• त्वर्यताम्: hurry! (again)
• त्वर्यताम्: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्वर् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद; पुनरुक्ति (emphasis)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (immediately)

• हे: O!
• हे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हे (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधनसूचक-अव्यय (vocative particle)

• हे: O! (again)
• हे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हे (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधनसूचक-अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (emphasis)

• दैत्य-पुरोहिताः: O priests of the Daityas
• दैत्य-पुरोहिताः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरोहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दैत्यस्य पुरोहिताः)

• कृत्याम्: a magical rite/witchcraft (kṛtyā)
• कृत्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• विनाशाय: for (his) destruction
• विनाशाय: Sampradana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (for the purpose of)

• उत्पादयत: produce/bring forth
• उत्पादयत: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्+पद् (धातु) [णिच्]
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative)

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive/negative particle)

• चिरम्: for long / delay
• चिरम्: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (for long)

Speaker

A Daitya/Demon leader (addressing the Daityas’ priests) within Sage Parāśara’s narration to Maitreya

Characters & Entities

• Daityas
• Daitya priests (purohitas)
• Kṛtyā (destructive rite-being)

FAQs

What is the significance of a kṛtyā in the Vishnu Purana?

A kṛtyā represents a weaponized ritual act—an adharma-driven attempt to force outcomes through destructive magic—highlighting how demonic power seeks shortcuts against the moral order.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the clash between dharma and demonic action here?

Through this urgent command to create a kṛtyā, the narrative contrasts frantic, coercive ritual violence with the steadier arc of cosmic law, implying that adharma acts ultimately remain subordinate to the higher order upheld by the divine.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana’s framing assumes divine sovereignty: hostile rites and demonic counsels operate within a universe whose final governance and protection of dharma rest with the Supreme Reality, Vishnu.