Shloka 25
देह्य् अनुज्ञां महाराज मा धर्मो यातु संक्षयम् हविषां परिणामो ऽयं यद् एतद् अखिलं जगत्
dehy anujñāṃ mahārāja mā dharmo yātu saṃkṣayam haviṣāṃ pariṇāmo 'yaṃ yad etad akhilaṃ jagat
Grant your permission, O great King—let dharma not fall into decline. For this entire universe is but the matured transformation of the sacrificial oblations (havis).
A Brahmin/sage addressing a king (within Parasara’s narration to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How adharma in kingship disrupts yajña and thereby the world-order
Teaching: Ethical
Quality: authoritative
Concept: The stability of the world depends upon yajña, for the universe is sustained as the matured transformation (pariṇāma) of sacrificial oblations within dharma.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Support dharmic duties and offerings (service, charity, worship) that sustain society rather than obstructing them through ego or impiety.
Vishishtadvaita: Jagat is real and meaningful as Bhagavān’s ordered manifestation, sustained through divinely instituted yajña rather than dismissed as mere illusion.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
This verse frames the universe itself as the ‘pariṇāma’ (transformed result) of oblations, presenting yajna as a cosmic principle that upholds and nourishes worldly order.
By placing the appeal directly before a king—“let dharma not decline”—the narrative implies that royal consent and action are instrumental in preserving dharma and, by extension, societal and cosmic stability.
Even when Vishnu is not named, the Vishnu Purana’s worldview treats dharma and yajna as expressions of the Supreme sustaining reality—classically identified with Vishnu as the preserver who supports cosmic order.