Shloka 139
Pracetās, Māriṣā, Dakṣa’s Re-manifestation, and the Brahma-parastava; Cyclic Creation and Genealogies
यथा सूर्यस्य मैत्रेय उदयास्तमनाव् इह एवं देवनिकायास् ते संभवन्ति युगे युगे
yathā sūryasya maitreya udayāstamanāv iha evaṃ devanikāyās te saṃbhavanti yuge yuge
Just as, O Maitreya, the sun is seen here in its rising and its setting, so too those hosts of divine beings come forth again and again, yuga after yuga.
Sage Parāśara (addressing Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Analogy for the periodic manifestation of divine hosts across yugas.
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: revealing
Creation Stage: Kalpa
Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas
Concept: The gods’ periodic appearance is as regular as the sun’s rising and setting, signaling a law-governed cosmos where even divine collectives follow time’s ordinance.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Use the image of sunrise/sunset to steady the mind: accept cycles of gain/loss and anchor practice in what is constant—devotion to the Lord beyond time.
Vishishtadvaita: Regular cosmic order points to an intelligent governor; in Viśiṣṭādvaita, such niyati is upheld by the Lord’s immanent rulership over the world as His body.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman (philosophical)
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
It teaches cyclical time: as sunrise and sunset recur without breaking order, divine hosts also repeatedly manifest across Yugas as part of the universe’s regulated rhythm.
He frames it as periodic manifestation—deva-nikāyas arise in every Yuga—showing that cosmic administration is renewed in cycles rather than being a one-time event.
Though not named in the verse, the Vishnu Purana’s framework implies Vishnu as the sustaining Supreme Reality whose sovereignty underlies the stable recurrence of cosmic processes and divine functions.