Shloka 24

Narration of the Greatness of Harivāsara

Ekādaśī, the Day Sacred to Hari

Devanagari script

तेषां विष्णुपुरे शश्वन्निवासोऽपि न संशयः । तुलसीभक्तिसंलीनं मनो येषां विराजते

Transliteration

teṣāṃ viṣṇupure śaśvannivāso'pi na saṃśayaḥ | tulasībhaktisaṃlīnaṃ mano yeṣāṃ virājate

Translation

Нет сомнения: те, чьи умы сияют, погружённые в преданность Туласи, вечно пребывают в городе Вишну.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• विष्णुपुरे: in Viṣṇu's city (Vaikuṇṭha)
• विष्णुपुरे: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णुपुर (प्रातिपदिक; विष्णु + पुर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: विष्णोः पुरम्)

• शश्वत्: always, perpetually
• शश्वत्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शश्वत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निबद्ध)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• निवासः: abode, residence
• निवासः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: indeed, also
• अपि: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), निपात (particle; concessive/emphatic)

• न: not, no
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता) (in 'no doubt')
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तुलसीभक्तिसंलीनम्: absorbed in devotion to Tulasī
• तुलसीभक्तिसंलीनम्: विशेषण (Adjectival modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुलसी + भक्ति + संलीन (प्रातिपदिक; सं-√ली (धातु) + क्त/क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); कृदन्त (past passive participle: संलीन = 'merged/absorbed'); तत्पुरुष-समास (तुलस्यां भक्तिः—तया संलीनम् / तुलसी-भक्ति-सम्बद्धम्)

• मनः: mind
• मनः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• विराजते: shines, is resplendent
• विराजते: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√राज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice; speaker not provided in the given excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: निवासोऽपि = निवासः + अपि; शश्वन्निवासः (pada split) = शश्वत् + निवासः.

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Tulasi

FAQs

What does this verse say is the result of devotion to Tulasi?

It states that those whose minds are absorbed in devotion to Tulasi are assured eternal residence in Viṣṇu’s abode.

How does this verse emphasize the path of Bhakti?

It presents single-minded devotion (mind absorbed in devotion) as spiritually decisive, directly linked to attaining Viṣṇu’s realm.

What ethical or practical lesson does this verse teach?

It encourages steady devotional practice and reverence for sacred symbols of devotion (Tulasi), cultivating a focused and purified mind.