Shloka 33

लोकसंस्थानम्, ग्रहदूरी-प्रमाणम्, ब्रह्माण्डावरणानि, विष्णोः जगत्कारणत्वम्

Devanagari script

प्रभवन्ति ततस् तेभ्यः संभवन्त्य् अपरे द्रुमाः ते ऽपि तल्लक्षणद्रव्यकारणानुगता मुने

Transliteration

prabhavanti tatas tebhyaḥ saṃbhavanty apare drumāḥ te 'pi tallakṣaṇadravyakāraṇānugatā mune

Translation

由此又生出别的树；由彼复生更多的树。圣者啊，它们也都依同一特征而行，随顺同样的物质（dravyā）及其因缘根源。

Word by Word

• प्रभवन्ति: arise
• प्रभवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; arise/come forth

• ततः: from that/therefrom
• ततः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अपादान-अव्यय (therefrom/then)

• तेभ्यः: from them
• तेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5), बहुवचन; ablative plural

• संभवन्ति: come into existence
• संभवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; come into being

• अपरे: other
• अपरे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; nominative plural masculine

• द्रुमाः: trees
• द्रुमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; nominative plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; nominative plural

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (also)

• तल्लक्षणद्रव्यकारणानुगताः: endowed with those characteristics, substance, and causal factors
• तल्लक्षणद्रव्यकारणानुगताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत्-लक्षण-द्रव्य-कारण-अनुगत (गम् धातु, क्त; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; nominative plural masculine; समासः: तस्य लक्षणं द्रव्यं कारणं च तदनुगताः

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; vocative singular

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Maitreya
• Trees (Drumāḥ)

FAQs

What is the significance of causality (kāraṇa) in this Vishnu Purana verse?

It states that living forms like trees arise through a continuous causal chain, consistent with their material basis and defining characteristics, emphasizing ordered creation rather than randomness.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the continuity of forms in creation?

He explains that subsequent beings arise from prior ones, and each manifestation follows the same lakṣaṇa (defining marks) tied to its dravya (substance) and kāraṇa (cause).

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

Within the Vishnu Purana’s creation framework, this orderly causation operates under Vishnu’s sovereignty as the supreme ground of cosmic order, through which prakṛti and its evolutes proceed in a lawful sequence.