Shloka 81
आत्यन्तिक-लयहेतुः: तापत्रय-विवेचनम् तथा ‘भगवान्/वासुदेव’ शब्दार्थः
Threefold Suffering and the Path to Final Liberation; Meaning of Bhagavān and Vāsudeva
खाण्डिक्यजनकायाह पृष्टः केशिध्वजः पुरा नामव्याख्याम् अनन्तस्य वासुदेवस्य तत्त्वतः
khāṇḍikyajanakāyāha pṛṣṭaḥ keśidhvajaḥ purā nāmavyākhyām anantasya vāsudevasya tattvataḥ
Einst, von Khāṇḍikya Janaka befragt, legte Keśidhvaja der Wahrheit gemäß die Deutung der göttlichen Namen Anantas, des Vāsudeva, dar.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya, introducing an earlier royal-sage teaching)
FAQs
This verse frames the divine names as theological gateways: ‘Ananta’ signals the Lord’s endless, sustaining nature, and ‘Vāsudeva’ points to Vishnu as the all-pervading indweller—known ‘tattvataḥ,’ as ultimate reality.
Parāśara often authenticates doctrine by citing exemplary royal-sage conversations; here he introduces an older exchange where Keśidhvaja answers Janaka, embedding philosophy inside genealogy and sacred history.
Vishnu is presented not merely as a deity among others but as the supreme principle whose true nature is approached through precise understanding of His names and their metaphysical import.