Shloka 19
आत्यन्तिक-लयहेतुः: तापत्रय-विवेचनम् तथा ‘भगवान्/वासुदेव’ शब्दार्थः
Threefold Suffering and the Path to Final Liberation; Meaning of Bhagavān and Vāsudeva
अशुचिप्रस्तरे सुप्तः कीटदंशादिभिस् तथा भक्ष्यमाणो ऽपि नैवैषां समर्थो विनिवारणे
aśuciprastare suptaḥ kīṭadaṃśādibhis tathā bhakṣyamāṇo 'pi naivaiṣāṃ samartho vinivāraṇe
அசுத்தமான படுக்கையில் படுத்துக்கொண்டு, பூச்சிகள் கடித்தாலும் அவற்றை விரட்ட இயலாத நிலையில் அவன் இருக்கிறான்.
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya)
FAQs
It depicts spiritual negligence: when consciousness is ‘asleep’ in impurity (inner disorder), one cannot effectively resist pain, temptation, or decline—just as a sleeper cannot stop insects from biting.
Parāśara frames it as a condition of ignorance: the person, dulled like one asleep, lacks the inner alertness needed to prevent afflictions and harmful impulses.
The verse supports the Purana’s view that true awakening and order are grounded in the supreme principle upheld by Vishnu; without alignment to that higher reality, resistance to bondage remains weak.