Shloka 66
ध्रुवस्य तपः — देवमायाविघ्नाः, विष्णोर्दर्शनम्, स्तुतिः, ध्रुवस्थानप्रदानम्
न्यग्रोधः सुमहान् अल्पे यथा बीजे व्यवस्थितः संयमे विश्वम् अखिलं बीजभूते तथा त्वयि
nyagrodhaḥ sumahān alpe yathā bīje vyavasthitaḥ saṃyame viśvam akhilaṃ bījabhūte tathā tvayi
Wie der gewaltige Nyagrodha (Banyan) fein und verborgen in einem winzigen Samen ruht, so ruht zur Zeit der Zurücknahme und Auflösung das ganze Universum als Same in Dir—denn Du bist sein Same und sein ursächlicher Grund.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
It illustrates subtle causality: the immense cosmos can remain unmanifest and contained within Vishnu, just as a huge banyan exists potentially within a tiny seed.
He describes pralaya as a “saṁyama” or withdrawal, when the entire universe is gathered back into Vishnu, who remains the seed-form cause from which creation can arise again.
Vishnu is presented as the Supreme Reality and sustaining ground: all existence depends on Him, and at dissolution everything rests in Him as its ultimate source and support.