Shloka 32

प्रह्लादचरितम् (हिरण्यकशिपोः स्वर्गापहरणं, प्रह्लादस्य विष्णुभक्तिः, उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

इत्य् आज्ञप्तास् ततस् तेन प्रगृहीतमहायुधाः उद्यतास् तस्य नाशाय दैत्याः शतसहस्रशः

Transliteration

ity ājñaptās tatas tena pragṛhītamahāyudhāḥ udyatās tasya nāśāya daityāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ

Translation

奉了他的命令，成千上万的阿修罗（Daityas）拿起他们强大的武器站了起来，一心要毁灭他。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-सूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• आज्ञप्ताः: having been commanded
• आज्ञप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आज्ञप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √आ-ज्ञप्/√ज्ञा caus.)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन = “having been ordered/commanded”

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/क्रम-अर्थे) = indeclinable “then/thereupon”

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम = instrumental singular “by him”

• प्रगृहीतमहायुधाः: having taken up great weapons
• प्रगृहीतमहायुधाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-गृहीत (कृदन्त; √ग्रह्) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + आयुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः = “having seized great weapons”; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) as adjectival

• उद्यताः: ready; poised
• उद्यताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्यत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; उद्-√यम्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन = “raised/ready”

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम = genitive singular “of him”

• नाशाय: for (his) destruction
• नाशाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन = dative singular “for destruction”

• दैत्याः: Daityas (demons)
• दैत्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन = masculine nominative plural

• शतसहस्रशः: by hundreds and thousands
• शतसहस्रशः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकार/परिमाण-अर्थे) = distributive adverb “by hundreds and thousands”

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Characters & Entities

• Daityas
• Asuras

FAQs

What is the significance of the Daityas arming themselves in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse highlights the recurring Purāṇic motif of adharma organizing itself in force, setting the stage for the reassertion of universal order under divine sovereignty.

How does Sage Parāśara frame conflict in this chapter’s narrative flow?

Parāśara presents the asuric response as a consequence of command and collective mobilization—an outward surge of power that ultimately serves to reveal the limits of brute force against the cosmic order.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the narrative assumes a cosmos where ultimate sovereignty belongs to the Supreme Reality; asuric aggression becomes a prelude to the restoration of dharma governed by that higher principle.