Shloka 73
प्रह्लादस्य अव्यभिचारिणी भक्ति, मायाविनाशः, तथा विष्णोः विश्वरूप-स्तुतिः
त्वां योगिनश् चिन्तयन्ति त्वां यजन्ति च यज्विनः हव्यकव्यभुग् एकस् त्वं पितृदेवस्वरूपधृक्
tvāṃ yoginaś cintayanti tvāṃ yajanti ca yajvinaḥ havyakavyabhug ekas tvaṃ pitṛdevasvarūpadhṛk
The yogins contemplate You alone, and the performers of sacrifice worship You alone. You are the single enjoyer of offerings to the Devas and the Pitṛs, bearing within Yourself the very forms of gods and ancestors.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya in a praise/contextual exposition of Vishnu’s supremacy)
Concept: Whether through yoga (contemplation) or yajña (ritual), worship reaches the One Lord who alone receives offerings as the inner form of devas and pitṛs.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Unify spiritual practice by offering all actions and rituals inwardly to Narayana, seeing subsidiary deities and ancestral rites as supported by Him.
Vishishtadvaita: Supports the idea of one supreme recipient with real, dependent divine/ancestral forms within Him—unity without negating plurality.
Vishnu Form: Narayana
Bhakti Type: Dasya
Antaryamin: Yes
FAQs
This verse teaches that offerings to the gods (havya) and to the ancestors (kavya) ultimately reach Vishnu, who is the single true recipient behind both ritual streams.
Parāśara places meditation (yogic contemplation) and Vedic sacrifice (yajña) on the same axis: both are directed to the same Supreme Vishnu, approached either inwardly (cintā) or outwardly (ritual worship).
Vishnu is presented as the one Supreme Reality who bears the forms of Devas and Pitṛs; therefore, all worship—whether to gods or ancestors—finds its completion in Him.