Shloka 87
मायामोह-प्रवर्तन, वेदमार्ग-बहिष्कार, तथा पाषण्ड-संसर्ग-दोषः
Māyāmoha’s Delusion, Rejection of the Vedic Path, and the Fault of Heretical Association
स्मृतजन्मक्रमः सो ऽथ तत्याज स्वं कलेवरम् जज्ञे च जनकस्यैव पुत्रो ऽसौ सुमहात्मनः
smṛtajanmakramaḥ so 'tha tatyāja svaṃ kalevaram jajñe ca janakasyaiva putro 'sau sumahātmanaḥ
ਤਦ ਪਿਛਲੇ ਜਨਮਾਂ ਦੇ ਕ੍ਰਮ ਨੂੰ ਯਾਦ ਰੱਖਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਉਸ ਮਹਾਤਮਾ ਨੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਦੇਹ ਤਿਆਗ ਦਿੱਤਾ; ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਮੁੜ ਉਸੇ ਮਹਾਨ ਆਤਮਾ ਰਾਜਾ ਜਨਕ ਦਾ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਬਣ ਕੇ ਜਨਮਿਆ।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
It highlights exceptional spiritual attainment and karmic clarity—showing a being who carries awareness across lifetimes, reinforcing the Purana’s teaching that moral and spiritual causes shape future births.
By presenting rebirth as a mechanism through which dharma and capability re-enter a dynasty, Parāśara frames genealogy not merely as bloodline history but as karmic continuity sustaining righteous rule.
Even in genealogical passages, the Vishnu Purana implies Vishnu’s sovereign order over karma, birth, and kingship—lineages unfold within the divine governance that preserves dharma across ages.