Shloka 8

प्रह्लादस्य अव्यभिचारिणी भक्ति, मायाविनाशः, तथा विष्णोः विश्वरूप-स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

शारीरं मानसं दुःखं दैवं भूतभवं तथा सर्वत्र शुभचित्तस्य तस्य मे जायते कुतः

Transliteration

śārīraṃ mānasaṃ duḥkhaṃ daivaṃ bhūtabhavaṃ tathā sarvatra śubhacittasya tasya me jāyate kutaḥ

Translation

身体的痛苦、内心的焦虑，乃至命运或众生带来的折磨——对于心念在任何处境下皆吉祥的我，这些怎么可能产生呢？

Word by Word

• शारीरम्: bodily
• शारीरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शारीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (दुःखम् इति)

• मानसम्: mental
• मानसम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• दुःखम्: suffering/pain
• दुःखम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दैवम्: divine/fated
• दैवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• भूतभवम्: arising from beings/elements
• भूतभवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूत + भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (भूतात् भवम्) इति पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष

• तथा: and likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/also')

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: everywhere)

• शुभचित्तस्य: of one whose mind is auspicious/pure-minded
• शुभचित्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; (शुभं चित्तं यस्य/शुभं चित्तम्) इति कर्मधारय-समास; अत्र 'शुभचित्त' इति विशेषणवत्

• तस्य: of that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मे: for me/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic)

• जायते: arises/is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• कुतः: from where?/how?
• कुतः: Sambandha (Interrogative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb: from where/how)

Speaker

Prahlada (as a paradigmatic devotee, expressing fearlessness through auspicious devotion)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Nature of true devotion and its fruits—how seeing Hari in all beings transforms conduct and suffering.

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: authoritative

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: For one whose mind is universally auspicious and steady in devotion, sufferings—bodily, mental, fated, or caused by beings—lose their power to arise as torment.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: When distress appears, reframe it through a disciplined ‘śubha-citta’ practice: gratitude, non-harm, and remembrance; reduce reactive narratives that intensify pain.

Vishishtadvaita: The sādhaka’s peace is grounded not in negating the world but in a transformed relation to it through devotion within embodied life.

Prahlada Narrative

Phase: Teaching (Prahlada's schools)

Bhakti Quality: Sarvatra-śubha-citta—equanimity and auspiciousness in all conditions, dissolving fear of daiva and bhūta afflictions.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Prahlada
• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of bodily, mental, and fated suffering in this Vishnu Purana verse?

The verse classifies suffering into physical, psychological, and supra-human/elemental causes, then denies their power over one established in an auspicious, devoted consciousness.

How does the Vishnu Purana present the idea of an “auspicious mind” (śubha-citta)?

It is a mind aligned with dharma and devotion—steady in all situations—so that common sources of fear and distress lose their hold.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Vishnu is implied as the supreme refuge whose grace makes the devotee inwardly sovereign, transcending what is attributed to fate (daiva) or hostile forces (bhūta).