Shloka 28

प्रियव्रतवंशवर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीपविभागः, जम्बूद्वीप-वर्षविभागः, भरत-नामकरणम्

Devanagari script

अभिषिच्य सुतं वीरं भरतं पृथिवीपतिः तपसे स महाभागः पुलहस्याश्रमं ययौ

Transliteration

abhiṣicya sutaṃ vīraṃ bharataṃ pṛthivīpatiḥ tapase sa mahābhāgaḥ pulahasyāśramaṃ yayau

Translation

Посвятив своего доблестного сына Бхарату на царство, владыка земли — великодушный и благословенный — отправился для подвижничества в ашрам мудреца Пулахи.

Word by Word

• अभिषिच्य: having anointed/consecrated
• अभिषिच्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-षिच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• सुतम्: son
• सुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वीरम्: heroic, valiant
• वीरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• भरतम्: Bharata
• भरतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पृथिवीपतिः: lord of the earth, king
• पृथिवीपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (pṛthivyāḥ patiḥ)

• तपसे: for austerity
• तपसे: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महाभागः: greatly fortunate, illustrious
• महाभागः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (mahā + bhāga)

• पुलहस्य: of Pulaha
• पुलहस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• आश्रमम्: hermitage
• आश्रमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Transition from kingship to renunciation: installing Bharata and going to Pulaha’s āśrama

Teaching: Ethical

Quality: compassionate

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Having fulfilled worldly duty through proper succession, one may turn decisively toward tapas in a sacred āśrama, integrating pravṛtti and nivṛtti.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Complete responsibilities conscientiously, then simplify life and allocate sustained time for contemplation, study, and disciplined practice.

Vishishtadvaita: Affirms āśrama-dharma as a real, ordered path where renunciation is not world-negation but a reorientation of life toward the Supreme.

Dynasty & Genealogy

Dharma Exemplar: Vairāgya expressed through renunciation after installing a worthy successor

Key Kings: Bharata

Vaishnava Theology

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Bharata
• Pulaha
• Pṛthivīpati (the king)

FAQs

What is the significance of consecrating Bharata in the Vishnu Purana?

It marks lawful transfer of sovereignty—preserving dynastic order—so the king can pursue tapas without destabilizing dharma in the realm.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the transition from kingship to ascetic life here?

Through the narrative ideal that a ruler first secures righteous succession, then turns inward toward austerity, showing that governance and renunciation can be sequential duties.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even in a lineage-focused verse, the Purana frames righteous kingship and renunciation as operating within Vishnu’s sustaining order—dharma upheld under the Supreme Preserver.