Shloka 77
प्रह्लादस्य अव्यभिचारिणी भक्ति, मायाविनाशः, तथा विष्णोः विश्वरूप-स्तुतिः
यातीतगोचरा वाचां मनसां चाविशेषणा ज्ञानिज्ञानपरिच्छेद्या तां वन्दे चेश्वरीं पराम्
yātītagocarā vācāṃ manasāṃ cāviśeṣaṇā jñānijñānaparicchedyā tāṃ vande ceśvarīṃ parām
أنحني للسيّدة الإلهية العُليا، المتعالية عن القول والعقل، غير المحدودة بصفة، ولا تُدرك إلا بالمعرفة الأسمى التي تتجاوز العلم المألوف.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; hymn-like doctrinal statement within the discourse)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Nature of the supreme principle beyond speech, mind, and attributes
Teaching: Philosophical
Quality: revealing
Concept: The supreme reality is beyond speech and mind, attribute-less, and approached only through higher, trans-empirical knowing.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Use neti-neti contemplation and quiet meditation to loosen attachment to conceptual labels and rest in awareness of being.
Vishishtadvaita: The transcendence of the Supreme is affirmed while leaving room for later Purāṇic identification of that transcendent with Viṣṇu as Lord of all.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
This verse marks the Supreme as transcendent—ordinary language and conceptual thought cannot fully capture or define the highest reality, indicating an ultimate principle that exceeds empirical description.
He implies that the Supreme is not grasped by common cognition but is approached through refined spiritual insight—discriminative, contemplative knowing cultivated by realized seekers.
She is presented as the highest, unconditioned sovereignty—consistent with Purāṇic Vedānta where the Supreme (often understood in relation to Vishnu and his śakti) is the ground of all reality and beyond limiting attributes.