Shloka 82

Devanagari script

नमो ऽस्तु विष्णवे तस्मै यस्याभिन्नम् इदं जगत् ध्येयः स जगताम् आद्यः स प्रसीदतु मे ऽव्ययः

Transliteration

namo 'stu viṣṇave tasmai yasyābhinnam idaṃ jagat dhyeyaḥ sa jagatām ādyaḥ sa prasīdatu me 'vyayaḥ

Translation

Salutations to that Lord Viṣṇu from whom this whole universe is not separate. He is the primal source of worlds, ever worthy of contemplation; may that imperishable Lord be gracious to me.

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation; homage
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/उद्गार), नमस्कारार्थे; indeclinable interjection meaning salutation

• astu: may (it) be
• astu: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस्) (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्ग-सदृश imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular imperative: “let it be”

• viṣṇave: to Viṣṇu
• viṣṇave: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; dative singular

• tasmai: to that (one)
• tasmai: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; pronominal dative singular

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; genitive singular “whose”

• abhinnam: undivided; non-different
• abhinnam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-bhinna (भिन्न) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; agrees with “jagat”

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshya (Appositive/Determiner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; demonstrative “this”

• jagat: world; universe
• jagat: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; nominative singular

• dhyeyaḥ: to be meditated upon
• dhyeyaḥ: Vidhaya (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhyeya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ध्यै धातोः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण; gerundive (तव्यत्/यत्) sense “to be meditated upon”

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; pronoun “he”

• jagatām: of the worlds
• jagatām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; genitive plural “of worlds/beings”

• ādyaḥ: the first; primordial
• ādyaḥ: Vidhaya (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate adjective to “saḥ”

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• prasīdatu: may (he) be pleased
• prasīdatu: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sad (सद्) with pra- (धातु: प्रसीद्)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; “may he be gracious/pleased”

• me: for me; to me
• me: Sambandha/Anukula (Beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic); “of me / to me” (contextually beneficiary)

• avyayaḥ: imperishable
• avyayaḥ: Vidhaya (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate adjective to “saḥ”

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (addressing Viṣṇu within his teaching to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Nature of Viṣṇu as the non-different cause and contemplable origin of the universe

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: authoritative

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Viṣṇu is the imperishable primal cause, and the universe is not separate from Him, therefore He is the proper object of dhyāna and surrender.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Use this as a daily namaskāra-mantra and meditate on the world as dependent on the Lord while cultivating surrender (prapatti).

Vishishtadvaita: Affirms non-separateness (apr̥thak-siddhi) of jagat from Viṣṇu while retaining Him as the ‘ādya’ Lord worthy of worship.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of the universe being 'not separate' from Vishnu in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents Vishnu as the ground of all existence—creation is dependent on him and inseparable from him, emphasizing divine immanence along with supremacy.

How does Sage Parashara explain the proper object of meditation (dhyeya) here?

Parāśara identifies Vishnu himself as the dhyeya—worthy of constant contemplation because he is the primordial origin and sustaining reality of all worlds.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Vishnu is affirmed as the imperishable first cause and sovereign of the cosmos, a central Vaishnava teaching that supports later Vishishtadvaita/Dvaita readings of the Purana.