Shloka 28

कलौ धर्मसुलभता — व्यासोपाख्यानम् एवं संकीर्तन-प्रधानता

Devanagari script

योषिच् छुश्रूषणं भर्तुः कर्मणा मनसा गिरा कुर्वती समवाप्नोति तत्सालोक्यं यतो द्विजाः

Transliteration

yoṣic chuśrūṣaṇaṃ bhartuḥ karmaṇā manasā girā kurvatī samavāpnoti tatsālokyaṃ yato dvijāḥ

Translation

ఓ ద్విజులారా, భార్య కర్మచేత, మనసుచేత, వాక్చేత భర్తను శ్రద్ధతో సేవించుచున్నయెడల, ఆ సేవయే కారణముగా ఆమె ఆ సాన్నిధ్యరూప సాలోక్యాన్ని పొందుతుంది।

Word by Word

• योषित्: a woman
• योषित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• शुश्रूषणम्: service; attentive obedience
• शुश्रूषणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुश्रूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• भर्तुः: of (her) husband
• भर्तुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• कर्मणा: by action
• कर्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• मनसा: by mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• गिरा: by speech
• गिरा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• कुर्वती: doing; performing
• कुर्वती: Karta (Agent-participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि

• समवाप्नोति: attains
• समवाप्नोति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अव+आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• तत्सालोक्यम्: that same world/abode (co-residence)
• तत्सालोक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + सालोक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुष (that one's/that deity's co-residence)

• यतः: because
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (causal: 'because')

• द्विजाः: O twice-born
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense in context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थेऽपि (often used in address)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (in discourse to Maitreya; addressing the dvijas within the teaching)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Strī-dharma: devoted service to the husband as a means to sālokya (proximity in the Lord’s realm)

Teaching: Ethical

Quality: compassionate

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Single-minded service—by body, mind, and speech—performed in one’s dharmic station becomes a salvific means leading to sālokya, a state of nearness to the Lord.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Sanctify daily duties through integrity, kindness, and God-remembrance; practice ‘kāyena manasā vācā’ alignment so actions, intentions, and words converge in devotion.

Vishishtadvaita: Embodies śeṣatva (the self as servant) and shows that embodied dharma, when devotionally oriented, becomes a real means to the Lord’s realm—immanent grace within worldly roles.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Bhakti Type: Dasya

Lakshmi Presence: Sri

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Maitreya
• Dvijas
• Husband (as dharmic focus)
• Sālokya (Vaishnava liberation concept)

FAQs

What is the significance of sālokya in this Vishnu Purana verse?

Sālokya here denotes a Vaishnava form of liberation—dwelling in the Lord’s realm—presented as attainable through steadfast, threefold (deed-thought-speech) devotional duty within household life.

How does Sage Parāśara explain righteous conduct for householders in this context?

Parāśara frames dharma as an integrated discipline: action, intention, and speech must align; for a wife, devoted service to her husband is described as a legitimate soteriological path that yields exalted spiritual fruit.

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

Even when the verse speaks in social-ethical terms, the goal is explicitly transcendental—proximity to the Lord’s world—reflecting Vishnu as the supreme refuge and final end of dharma and liberation.