Shloka 74

गृहस्थस्य सदाचारः: शौच, तर্পण, वैश्वदेव, अतिथिधर्म, भोजन-विधि, संध्योपासन, ऋतु-धर्मः

Devanagari script

तस्माच् छृणुष्व राजेन्द्र यथा भुञ्जीत वै गृही भुञ्जतश् च यथा पुंसः पापबन्धो न जायते

Transliteration

tasmāc chṛṇuṣva rājendra yathā bhuñjīta vai gṛhī bhuñjataś ca yathā puṃsaḥ pāpabandho na jāyate

Translation

Итак, о лучший из царей, слушай: я скажу, как домохозяину следует вкушать и наслаждаться, и как, даже наслаждаясь, человек не рождает уз греха.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगः (ablatival adverb: therefore/from that)

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक: राजन् + इन्द्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; ‘राज्ञाम् इन्द्रः’ (O king of kings)

• यथा: how/as
• यथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—उपमान/प्रकार (as/how)

• भुञ्जीत: should eat
• भुञ्जीत: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• गृही: a householder
• गृही: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; गृहस्थः (householder)

• भुञ्जतः: of one who is eating
• भुञ्जतः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; ‘भुञ्जतः’ = of (a man) eating

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यथा: so that/how
• यथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—प्रकार (so that/how)

• पुंसः: of a man
• पुंसः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुम्स् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• पापबन्धः: bondage of sin
• पापबन्धः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप-बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक: पाप + बन्ध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘पापस्य बन्धः’ (bond of sin)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• जायते: arises/is born
• जायते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (in instruction, addressing a kingly figure within the discourse)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Enjoyment (bhoga) can be aligned with dharma so that action does not bind as pāpa when performed with proper rule and intention.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Treat daily consumption as regulated karma: mindfulness, sharing, and offering before personal enjoyment.

Vishishtadvaita: Non-renunciation of life but consecration of acts—karma becomes non-binding when subordinated to the Lord’s order (śeṣatva-buddhi).

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Kings

FAQs

What is the significance of gṛhastha-dharma (householder duty) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames household enjoyment as permissible when governed by dharma, emphasizing that daily life can be spiritually safe when aligned with righteous discipline.

How does Sage Parāśara explain enjoyment without sin (pāpa-bandha)?

He introduces a method of regulated, dharma-guided enjoyment—implying that conduct, intention, and prescribed observances determine whether enjoyment binds one to sin.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the teaching reflects Vaishnava purāṇic worldview: dharma is part of the divine order sustained by the Supreme Reality, and living within it prevents karmic bondage.