Shloka 83

प्रह्लादस्य अव्यभिचारिणी भक्ति, मायाविनाशः, तथा विष्णोः विश्वरूप-स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

यत्रोतम् एतत् प्रोतं च विश्वम् अक्षरसंज्ञके आधारभूतः सर्वस्य स प्रसीदतु मे हरिः

Transliteration

yatrotam etat protaṃ ca viśvam akṣarasaṃjñake ādhārabhūtaḥ sarvasya sa prasīdatu me hariḥ

Translation

In the Imperishable, known as Akṣara, this entire universe is woven and interwoven. He is the very foundation of all; may that Hari be gracious to me.

Word by Word

• yatra: wherein
• yatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक अव्यय); relative adverb “where/wherein”

• otam: woven (in)
• otam: Vidhaya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ū (ओ) / ve (वे) (धातु) → ota (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) “woven/inserted” (as predicate with etat/viśvam)

• etat: this
• etat: Karta/karma (Contextual)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “this”

• protam: interwoven; pervaded
• protam: Vidhaya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra + ū/ve (धातु) → prota (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) “woven through/strung”

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय); conjunction

• viśvam: the universe
• viśvam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; nominative singular

• akṣara-saṃjñake: in the one called ‘Akṣara’
• akṣara-saṃjñake: Adhikarana (Locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): “akṣarasya saṃjñā” → “having the designation ‘Akṣara’”; locative “in/with regard to”

• ādhāra-bhūtaḥ: the support; the basis
• ādhāra-bhūtaḥ: Vidhaya (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādhāra (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (कृदन्त; भू धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कर्मधारय/उपपद): “ādhāraḥ eva bhūtaḥ” = “become/support as basis”; predicate to “sa/hariḥ”

• sarvasya: of all
• sarvasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; “of all”

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

• prasīdatu: may (he) be pleased
• prasīdatu: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + sīd (सीद्) (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; “may he be gracious”

• me: to me
• me: Anukula (Beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी एकवचन (enclitic); beneficiary sense

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; nominative singular

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; verse voiced as a devotional-philosophical affirmation)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: How the universe is supported in the Imperishable (Akṣara) and Hari as the ground of all

Teaching: Philosophical

Quality: revealing

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: All that exists is ‘woven and interwoven’ in Akṣara—Hari is the underlying support (ādhāra) of the entire cosmos as inner controller and ground of being.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Practice seeing every experience as resting in the Lord (ādhāra-bhāva), reducing anxiety and fostering steady remembrance (smṛti).

Vishishtadvaita: The ‘otam-protam’ metaphor aligns with the world as real yet dependent on the imperishable Lord, who pervades and supports it as antaryāmin.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Antaryamin: Yes

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Vishnu)
• Akshara (the Imperishable)

FAQs

What is the significance of the ‘woven and interwoven’ metaphor in the Vishnu Purana?

It portrays the universe as fully dependent on the Supreme—everything exists within and through Hari, who pervades and supports all as the inner ground (ādhāra).

How does Sage Parāśara explain Akṣara (the Imperishable) in this context?

Akṣara is presented as the unchanging reality in which the changing cosmos is held—identified here with Hari as the stable foundation underlying all manifestation.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu (Hari) in this verse?

Vishnu is affirmed as the supreme sustaining principle—both transcendent (Akṣara) and immanent (support of all)—a key Vaishnava claim about ultimate reality.