Shloka 6

शरद्वर्णनं, योगोपमा, तथा गोवर्धन-यज्ञप्रवर्तनम्

Devanagari script

कुमुदैः शरदम्भांसि योग्यतालक्षणं ययुः अवबोधैर् मनांसीव संबन्धम् अमलात्मनाम्

Transliteration

kumudaiḥ śaradambhāṃsi yogyatālakṣaṇaṃ yayuḥ avabodhair manāṃsīva saṃbandham amalātmanām

Translation

С распусканием белых лотосов осенние воды обрели признак пригодности и ясности; так и с восхождением истинного понимания умы входят в чистую связь с безупречными душами.

Word by Word

• कुमुदैः: by lotuses (kumuda water-lilies)
• कुमुदैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमुद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (plural)

• शरद्-अम्भांसि: autumn waters
• शरद्-अम्भांसि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• योग्यता-लक्षणम्: a mark/sign of fitness
• योग्यता-लक्षणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग्यता (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• ययुः: they attained; they came to
• ययुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• अवबोधैः: by realizations; by awakenings
• अवबोधैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवबोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (plural)

• मनांसि: minds
• मनांसि: Upamana (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• इव: like
• इव: Upamana-marker (उपमानसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (upamā particle)

• संबन्धम्: connection; relation
• संबन्धम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्-√बन्ध् (धातु) → सम्बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• अमल-आत्मनाम्: of the pure-souled (pure-minded)
• अमल-आत्मनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमल (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

FAQs

What is the significance of autumn waters and kumuda lotuses in this Vishnu Purana verse?

They symbolize natural clarity and readiness—just as autumn water becomes visibly pure, the mind becomes fit for higher truth when awakened by right understanding.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the role of understanding (avabodha) here?

Parāśara uses avabodha as the inner illumination that makes the mind capable of genuine communion with the pure—suggesting that knowledge is not merely intellectual but purifying and connecting.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Though not named in the verse, the Purana’s framework implies that purity and awakening ultimately orient the mind toward the Supreme Reality—Vishnu—as the ground of order, goodness, and liberating knowledge.