Shloka 86
ध्रुवस्य तपः — देवमायाविघ्नाः, विष्णोर्दर्शनम्, स्तुतिः, ध्रुवस्थानप्रदानम्
तत्सङ्गात् तस्य ताम् ऋद्धिम् अवलोक्यातिदुर्लभाम् भवेयं राजपुत्रो ऽहम् इति वाञ्छा त्वया कृता
tatsaṅgāt tasya tām ṛddhim avalokyātidurlabhām bhaveyaṃ rājaputro 'ham iti vāñchā tvayā kṛtā
Pela convivência com ele, e ao contemplar aquela prosperidade raríssima, formaste o desejo: “Que eu me torne um príncipe, filho de rei”.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: The mechanism of desire arising from association and perceived prosperity, setting up the devotee’s mixed motive and its later purification by grace.
Teaching: Ethical
Quality: authoritative
Concept: Contact with extraordinary prosperity can redirect the mind into aspiration for status, revealing how saṅga conditions desire.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Choose uplifting company (satsanga) and regularly examine motivations in spiritual practice, refining them toward the imperishable goal.
Vishishtadvaita: Implied pedagogy of grace: even when devotion begins with mixed motives, the Lord can elevate the seeker toward the higher, imperishable end.
Lakshmi Presence: Sri
FAQs
The verse frames saṅga (company/association) as a causal force: by keeping company and then witnessing another’s rare prosperity, desire is triggered—showing how inner intention and future outcomes are shaped.
Parāśara explains it as a sequence: contact with a person, perception of their exceptional fortune, and then the mind forming a specific wish (“let me be a king’s son”), highlighting the narrative’s ethical lens on aspiration.
Even without explicit mention, the Purana’s worldview treats worldly stations like kingship as governed by dharma and cosmic order ultimately upheld by Vishnu; desire and merit operate within that sovereign moral structure.