Shloka 67
ध्रुवस्य तपः — देवमायाविघ्नाः, विष्णोर्दर्शनम्, स्तुतिः, ध्रुवस्थानप्रदानम्
बीजाद् अङ्कुरसंभूतो न्यग्रोधः स समुच्छ्रितः विस्तारं च यथा याति त्वत्तः सृष्टौ तथा जगत्
bījād aṅkurasaṃbhūto nyagrodhaḥ sa samucchritaḥ vistāraṃ ca yathā yāti tvattaḥ sṛṣṭau tathā jagat
Just as from a seed a sprout arises, and from that sprout the banyan grows lofty and spreads wide, so too—at the time of creation—this entire universe comes forth from You and expands.
Sage Parāśara
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Nature of the Lord as the source from whom creation proceeds and on whom it depends
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: authoritative
Creation Stage: Secondary
Concept: As the banyan unfolds from a seed via the sprout, so the universe proceeds from the Lord at creation and expands by His power.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Contemplate causal dependence: treat all experiences as contingent on the divine ground, cultivating humility and steadiness.
Vishishtadvaita: The world is a real expansion dependent on the Lord as its upādāna and nimitta cause, not an illusion independent of Him.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
It illustrates emanation: the vast cosmos can unfold from a subtle first cause, just as a great banyan expands from a tiny seed—here identifying Vishnu as that ultimate source.
He frames creation as a principled expansion from the Supreme—an ordered unfolding from Vishnu, not a random event, emphasizing dependence of the universe upon Him.
Vishnu is presented as the Supreme Reality from whom the universe originates and by whom it grows—supporting a Vaishnava view of God as the ultimate ground of cosmological order.