Shloka 18

मैत्रेयप्रश्नः—पुराणसंहिताप्रतिज्ञा च

Maitreya’s Questions and Parāśara’s Resolve to Teach

Devanagari script

संचितस्यापि महता वत्स क्लेशेन मानवैः यशसस् तपसश् चैव क्रोधो नाशकरः परः

Transliteration

saṃcitasyāpi mahatā vatsa kleśena mānavaiḥ yaśasas tapasaś caiva krodho nāśakaraḥ paraḥ

Translation

Ó filho, até o grande tesouro de mérito que os homens ajuntam com muito esforço—sua boa fama e sua austeridade—a ira é capaz de destruir por completo.

Word by Word

• संचितस्य: of accumulated
• संचितस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-चि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यशसः/तपसः)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle 'even/also')

• महता: great
• महता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (क्लेशेन)

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

• क्लेशेन: by hardship
• क्लेशेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• मानवैः: by men
• मानवैः: Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• यशसः: of fame
• यशसः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तपसः: of austerity
• तपसः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• क्रोधः: anger
• क्रोधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• नाशकरः: destruction-causing
• नाशकरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाश-कर (प्रातिपदिक; नाश + कर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नाशस्य करः = 'causing destruction'); विशेषणम् (क्रोधः)

• परः: supreme; exceedingly
• परः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (क्रोधः)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (addressing Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Maitreya
• Humans (mānava)

FAQs

What is the significance of anger (krodha) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents anger as the most powerful destroyer of hard-earned merit—undermining both tapas (austerity) and yaśas (earned repute/virtue).

How does Sage Parāśara explain the preservation of spiritual merit?

By implying that merit is accumulated with great effort, Parāśara stresses that inner discipline—especially control of anger—is essential to protect one’s spiritual gains.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Though Vishnu is not named here, the teaching supports Vaishnava dharma: self-mastery sustains purity and alignment with cosmic order upheld by the Supreme (Vishnu).