Shloka 46

Kālayavana’s Rise, Dvārakā’s Founding, and Muchukunda’s Awakening (Śaraṇāgati & Brahman-Stuti)

Devanagari script

सो ऽहं त्वां शरणम् अपारम् ईशम् ईड्यं संप्राप्तः परमपदं यतो न किंचित् संसारश्रमपरितापतप्तचेता निर्वाणे परिणतधाम्नि साभिलाषः

Transliteration

so 'haṃ tvāṃ śaraṇam apāram īśam īḍyaṃ saṃprāptaḥ paramapadaṃ yato na kiṃcit saṃsāraśramaparitāpataptacetā nirvāṇe pariṇatadhāmni sābhilāṣaḥ

Translation

Потому, с сердцем, опалённым трудом и жгучими муками сансары, я пришёл к Тебе за прибежищем — о безбрежный Владыка, достойный хвалы. Я жажду высшего состояния, за которым нет ничего: обители, созревшей в нирвану, где всякое становление умолкает.

Word by Word

• सः: that (one), he; (here) 'such'
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (appositive with अहम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म) (as 'refuge' sought)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मप्रवचनीयार्थे (as 'refuge' predicate-object)

• अपारम्: boundless
• अपारम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying शरणम्/ईशम्)

• ईशम्: the Lord
• ईशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म) (appositive to त्वाम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ईड्यम्: praiseworthy, to be praised
• ईड्यम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईड्य (कृदन्त; √ईड्/√ईळ् (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्यय (gerundive: 'worthy of praise')

• संप्राप्तः: having reached, having attained
• संप्राप्तः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया) (predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: संप्राप्त (कृदन्त; √आप् (धातु) + सम्-प्र- (उपसर्ग) + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे (used predicatively: 'having reached')

• परम: supreme
• परम: Samasa-anga (compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण (as compound member)

• पदम्: state, abode, goal
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यतः: from which, wherein
• यतः: Sambandha (Relative connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय; यद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb): 'from which/wherein'

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• किञ्चित्: anything; (with न) nothing
• किञ्चित्: Karta/Karma (as per ellipsis: 'nothing (exists/returns)')
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• संसार: worldly existence
• संसार: Samasa-anga (compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (as compound member)

• श्रम: toil, fatigue
• श्रम: Samasa-anga (compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (as compound member)

• परिताप: affliction, burning pain
• परिताप: Samasa-anga (compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिताप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (as compound member)

• तप्त: heated, scorched
• तप्त: Samasa-anga (compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप्त (कृदन्त; √तप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP) (as compound member)

• चेता: mind, consciousness
• चेता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (qualifier of अहम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहौ उत्तरपद (as head of bahuvrihi)

• निर्वाणे: in nirvāṇa, in extinction
• निर्वाणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• परिणत: fully matured/turned into
• परिणत: Samasa-anga (compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिणत (कृदन्त; √नम्/√नत् (धातु) + परि- (उपसर्ग) + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP) (as compound member)

• धाम्नि: in the abode, in the state
• धाम्नि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• स: with
• स: Sahartha (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स- (सह/सम्-भावार्थ; prefixal)
• Form: उपसर्गवत्/अव्यय (as compound member meaning 'with')

• अभिलाषः: desire, longing
• अभिलाषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (predicate noun/adjective to अहम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिलाष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

A devotee offering śaraṇāgati (surrender) to Lord Vishnu/Krishna within the Parasara–Maitreya narration

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Krishna
• Paramapada (Supreme Abode)
• Nirvana
• Samsara

FAQs

What is the significance of śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) in this Vishnu Purana verse?

The verse frames liberation as arising from wholehearted refuge in the infinite Lord—Vishnu—rather than from worldly striving, emphasizing devotional surrender as the decisive turn away from saṃsāra.

How does Sage Parasara’s narrative present the goal of paramapada here?

Within the Parasara–Maitreya teaching style, the goal is described as a supreme state beyond which nothing remains—an ultimate, non-returning destination contrasted with the fatigue and heat of worldly existence.

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

Vishnu is invoked as the boundless īśa (sovereign Supreme Reality) and īḍya (worthy of worship), the sole refuge who grants the culminating abode of nirvāṇa-like peace, aligning liberation with divine grace and devotion.