Shloka 102

अविद्याबीज-निरूपणं, योगस्वरूप-उपदेशः, मूर्तहरिधारणा-समाधि, जनकवंशीय-राजर्षिसंवादः

Devanagari script

खाण्डिक्यो ऽपि सुतं कृत्वा राजानं योगसिद्धये वनं जगाम गोविन्दे विनिवेशितमानसः

Transliteration

khāṇḍikyo 'pi sutaṃ kṛtvā rājānaṃ yogasiddhaye vanaṃ jagāma govinde viniveśitamānasaḥ

Translation

Хандикья тоже, поставив своего сына царём, ушёл в лес ради достижения совершенства в йоге; его ум был всецело погружён в Говинду, Верховного Господа.

Word by Word

• खाण्डिक्यः: Khāṇḍikya
• खाण्डिक्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खाण्डिक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• अपि: also / even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; 'also/even')

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

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• राजानम्: king
• राजानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• योगसिद्धये: for attainment of yogic perfection
• योगसिद्धये: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (योगस्य सिद्धिः)

• वनम्: to the forest
• वनम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गोविन्दे: in Govinda (Vishnu)
• गोविन्दे: Adhikarana (Location/Object of devotion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• विनिवेशितमानसः: whose mind was fixed (absorbed)
• विनिवेशितमानसः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+नि+विश् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (विनिवेशितं मनः यस्य सः)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Khāṇḍikya
• Govinda (Vishnu)

FAQs

What is the significance of a king going to the forest for yoga in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents the ideal dharmic arc: after securing orderly succession, the king turns inward—renouncing power to pursue yogic perfection with the mind fixed on Govinda.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the link between lineage narration and spiritual liberation?

Even while recounting dynasties, Parāśara highlights that true sovereignty culminates in devotion and yoga—showing that genealogy and governance ultimately serve the pursuit of moksha.

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

Govinda is portrayed as the supreme focus of meditation: yogic success is not merely technique-driven but fulfilled through absorption in Vishnu as the highest reality and refuge.