Shloka 79

इक्ष्वाकुवंश-प्रसङ्गः, पुरंजय-दैवसाहाय्य-कथा, युवनाश्व-मांधातृ-उत्पत्तिः, सौभरि-वैराग्योपदेशः

Devanagari script

पद्भ्यां गता यौवनिनश् च जाता दारैश् च संयोगम् इताः प्रसूताः दृष्टाः सुतास् तत्तनयप्रसूतिं द्रष्टुं पुनर् वाञ्छति मे ऽन्तरात्मा

Transliteration

padbhyāṃ gatā yauvaninaś ca jātā dāraiś ca saṃyogam itāḥ prasūtāḥ dṛṣṭāḥ sutās tattanayaprasūtiṃ draṣṭuṃ punar vāñchati me 'ntarātmā

Translation

我看着我的孩子长大——先学会行走，继而步入青春；又见他们成婚相合，并为人父母。然而，即便已见到我的儿子们，我内心深处仍渴望再见他们子女的诞生——不断向前，永不满足。

Word by Word

• padbhyām: with (my) feet
• padbhyām: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), द्विवचन; instrumental dual

• gatāḥ: gone
• gatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; past participle

• yauvaninaḥ: young men
• yauvaninaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yauvanin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय); conjunction

• jātāḥ: born/arisen
• jātāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• dāraiḥ: with wives
• dāraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (बहुवचनान्त), तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; instrumental plural

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय); conjunction

• saṃyogam: union/association
• saṃyogam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• itāḥ: having attained
• itāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; (having) gone/attained

• prasūtāḥ: having produced offspring
• prasūtāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-sū (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• dṛṣṭāḥ: seen
• dṛṣṭāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• sutāḥ: sons
• sutāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• tat-tanaya-prasūtim: the birth of their sons (i.e., grandchildren)
• tat-tanaya-prasūtim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + tanaya (प्रातिपदिक) + prasūti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (तस्य तनयस्य प्रसूतिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• draṣṭum: to see
• draṣṭum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + tumun (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; purpose infinitive

• punar: again
• punar: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• vāñchati: desires
• vāñchati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vāñch (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुष, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; genitive

• antarātmā: inner self
• antarātmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antar (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (अन्तरः आत्मा); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; reflective illustration of worldly desire and saṃsāra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Even after witnessing life’s milestones—children’s growth, marriage, and parenthood—the inner self continues to project new expectations, revealing the stickiness of saṃsāric attachment.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Honor family duties yet set spiritual boundaries: daily svādhyāya, temple/service time, and periodic retreats to interrupt the ‘next milestone’ craving.

Vishishtadvaita: Antaryāmin hint (‘antarātmā’): the inward pull should be redirected from worldly continuation to the indwelling Lord as the true inner aim.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Antaryamin: Yes

FAQs

What is the significance of generational longing in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse portrays how desire extends from one milestone to the next—childhood, youth, marriage, children, grandchildren—revealing the endless chain of attachment that keeps beings bound to saṃsāra.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the psychology of desire here?

By showing that even after one wish is fulfilled (seeing children grow and have families), the mind immediately seeks another fulfillment, indicating that worldly satisfaction is structurally incomplete.

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

By exposing the restlessness of worldly aims, the text implicitly directs the seeker toward Vishnu as the stable Supreme Reality—beyond change, time, and the compulsions of generational attachment.