Shloka 58

Devanagari script

दैतेयाः सकलैः शैलैर् अत्रैव वरुणालये निश्छिद्रैः सर्वतः सर्वैश् चीयताम् एष दुर्मतिः

Transliteration

daiteyāḥ sakalaiḥ śailair atraiva varuṇālaye niśchidraiḥ sarvataḥ sarvaiś cīyatām eṣa durmatiḥ

Translation

阿修罗们！把所有坚固无缺的山岳都堆积在伐楼拿（Varuna）的领域里，从四面八方将这个恶徒彻底封死。

Word by Word

• दैतेयाः: the Daiteyas
• दैतेयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैतेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• सकलैः: with all
• सकलैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (शैलैः)

• शैलैः: with mountains
• शैलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• वरुणालये: in Varuṇa’s abode (the ocean)
• वरुणालये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वरुणस्य आलयः)

• निश्छिद्रैः: unpierced, without gaps
• निश्छिद्रैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निः (उपसर्ग) + छिद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (शैलैः)

• सर्वतः: on all sides
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana (Spatial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सर्वदिक्/परितः-अर्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: on all sides)

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (शैलैः)

• चीयताम्: let (it) be heaped/filled
• चीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चि (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (let it be piled/filled)

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दुर्मतिः: evil-minded one
• दुर्मतिः: Apposition (सम्बन्ध/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/उपपद) + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Uncertain (context suggests a commanding figure addressing the Daityas within the Varuṇa-loka narrative; framed by Sage Parāśara’s narration to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: revealing

Prahlada Narrative

Phase: Persecution

Bhakti Quality: Unshaken devotion under confinement and isolation

Characters & Entities

• Daityas
• Varuṇa

FAQs

What is the significance of Varuṇa’s realm in the Vishnu Purana?

Varuṇa’s domain represents a regulated cosmic jurisdiction—an ordered space where disruptive forces (like the Daityas’ targets) are restrained to preserve universal balance.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the restraint of evil forces in this narrative?

Through mythic action—commanding the Daityas to seal and confine the “evil-minded one”—the text dramatizes how disorder is contained under higher cosmic governance.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana’s framework implies that all realms and authorities (including Varuṇa’s) operate within the Supreme Order ultimately grounded in Vishnu.