Shloka 49

ध्रुवस्य निर्वेदः — मन्त्रोपदेशः (ॐ नमो वासुदेवाय) तथा विष्ण्वाराधनविधिः

Devanagari script

आराध्यः कथितो देवो भवद्भिः प्रणतस्य मे मया तत्परितोषाय यज् जप्तव्यं तद् उच्यताम्

Transliteration

ārādhyaḥ kathito devo bhavadbhiḥ praṇatasya me mayā tatparitoṣāya yaj japtavyaṃ tad ucyatām

Translation

Các ngài đã chỉ cho con—kẻ cúi đầu đảnh lễ—vị Thần linh thật đáng được thờ phụng. Nay để con làm Ngài hoan hỷ và thỏa lòng, xin hãy nói cho con biết thần chú thiêng nào cần được trì tụng.

Word by Word

आराध्यःworthy to be worshipped

कथितःhas been described

देवःthe god

भवद्भिःby you (all)

प्रणतस्यof me who am bowed down

मेof me / my

मयाby me

तत्परितोषायfor his satisfaction

यत्what

जप्तव्यम्to be recited (as japa)

तत्that

उच्यताम्let it be told

Speaker

Maitreya (the disciple), addressing Sage Parāśara

Characters & Entities

Deva (the worship-worthy Lord—implicitly Vishnu)

FAQs

What is the significance of japa (mantra-recitation) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames japa as a direct method for “tat-paritoṣa”—the satisfaction of the worship-worthy Lord—showing devotion expressed through repeated sacred recitation.

How does Sage Parāśara guide Maitreya’s spiritual inquiry here?

Maitreya first accepts the identification of the true object of worship, then requests the practical means—what should be recited—reflecting the Purana’s pattern of theology leading into sādhanā (practice).

What is the theological importance of the ‘worship-worthy Deva’ in this context?

The verse assumes a single supreme focus of worship (implicitly Vishnu) and treats pleasing Him as the aim of practice, aligning devotion and mantra with the sovereignty of the Supreme Reality.