Shloka 23

ध्रुवस्य तपः — देवमायाविघ्नाः, विष्णोर्दर्शनम्, स्तुतिः, ध्रुवस्थानप्रदानम्

Devanagari script

वत्स वत्स सुघोराणि रक्षांस्य् एतानि भीषणे वने ऽभ्युद्यतशस्त्राणि समायान्त्य् अपगम्यताम्

Transliteration

vatsa vatsa sughorāṇi rakṣāṃsy etāni bhīṣaṇe vane 'bhyudyataśastrāṇi samāyānty apagamyatām

Translation

“孩子啊，孩子！在这可怖的森林里，这些极其凶恶的罗刹，举起武器正向我们冲来。快，立刻退避！”

Word by Word

• वत्स: dear child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• वत्स: O child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• सुघोराणि: very terrible
• सुघोराणि: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• रक्षांसि: demons, rakshasas
• रक्षांसि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण (demonstrative)

• भीषणे: terrible
• भीषणे: Adhikarana (Location-qualifier/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अभ्युद्यतशस्त्राणि: with weapons raised
• अभ्युद्यतशस्त्राणि: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-उद्-यम् (धातु) → उद्यत (कृदन्त) + शस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः — अभ्युद्यतानि शस्त्राणि येषाम् (having weapons raised); विशेषण

• समायान्ति: are coming, approach
• समायान्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• अपगम्यताम्: go away, withdraw
• अपगम्यताम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; आज्ञार्थ (command)

Speaker

A frightened elder/guardian figure addressing a child (narrative voice within the episode as recounted by Sage Parāśara to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Characters & Entities

• Rākṣasas

FAQs

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

They represent violent disruption of dharma—an immediate, embodied threat that prompts withdrawal and the search for protection.

How does Sage Parāśara explain fear and safety in such narrative moments?

Through embedded dialogue: characters react to danger in the world, setting up the larger Purāṇic pattern where safety ultimately depends on righteous conduct and higher protection.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the line, the Purāṇa’s worldview frames such crises as moments that point toward reliance on the Supreme Protector who restores order when adharma rises.