Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 80
The Sin of Breaking Households: Citrā’s Past Karma and the Remedy of Hari’s Name and Meditation
अवश्यः सर्ववश्यात्मा सर्वदः सर्ववित्तमः । तस्य धाता न चैवास्ति स वै सर्वमयो विभुः
avaśyaḥ sarvavaśyātmā sarvadaḥ sarvavittamaḥ | tasya dhātā na caivāsti sa vai sarvamayo vibhuḥ
هو الذي لا يُقاوَم، وهو الذاتُ الباطنة التي تُخضع الجميع؛ واهبُ كلِّ شيءٍ، وأعلى العارفين. لا خالقَ له؛ بل هو الربُّ القاهرُ الشامل، المتكوّن من كلِّ شيء.
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Concept: The Lord is irresistible, the controller within all, the giver and supreme knower; no one created Him—He is the all-pervading Vibhū, the ground of everything.
Application: Surrender anxiety: rely on the inner controller through nāma-smaraṇa; practice generosity (reflecting ‘sarvada’) and seek knowledge with humility (before ‘sarvavittama’).
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: सर्ववश्यात्मा = सर्व-वश्य-आत्मा; सर्वदः = सर्व-दः; सर्ववित्तमः = सर्व-वित्-तमः; चैवास्ति = च + एव + अस्ति
FAQs
The verse describes the Supreme Lord as irresistible, all-controlling, the giver of all, and the supreme knower—one who has no creator and who pervades everything.
It asserts the Lord’s uncaused nature: He is not produced by any prior creator or ordainer, indicating ultimate, independent reality.
By portraying the Lord as the source of all gifts and the all-pervading sovereign, it provides a theological basis for reverence, surrender, and devotion to the supreme divine.