Shloka 82
आत्यन्तिक-लयहेतुः: तापत्रय-विवेचनम् तथा ‘भगवान्/वासुदेव’ शब्दार्थः
Threefold Suffering and the Path to Final Liberation; Meaning of Bhagavān and Vāsudeva
भूतेषु वसते सो ऽन्तर् वसन्त्य् अत्र च तानि यत् धाता विधाता जगतां वासुदेवस् ततः प्रभुः
bhūteṣu vasate so 'ntar vasanty atra ca tāni yat dhātā vidhātā jagatāṃ vāsudevas tataḥ prabhuḥ
তিনি সকল ভূতের অন্তরে বাস করেন, আর তারা সকলেই তাঁর মধ্যেই অবস্থান করে; তিনি জগতের ধারক ও বিধাতা, অতএব বাসুদেবই পরম প্রভু।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse states that Vishnu dwells inside all beings while they also subsist in Him, presenting divine immanence as the basis of cosmic unity and governance.
Parāśara describes Vāsudeva as both the sustainer (dhātā) and the ordainer/disposer (vidhātā) of the worlds, meaning all stability and all ordering of events depend on Him.
Vishnu is affirmed as the supreme sovereign (prabhuḥ) whose inner presence in beings and overarching containment of them establishes Him as the ultimate reality and ruler of the cosmos.