Shloka 85

प्रह्लादस्य अव्यभिचारिणी भक्ति, मायाविनाशः, तथा विष्णोः विश्वरूप-स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

सर्वगत्वाद् अनन्तस्य स एवाहम् अवस्थितः मत्तः सर्वम् अहं सर्वं मयि सर्वं सनातने

Transliteration

sarvagatvād anantasya sa evāham avasthitaḥ mattaḥ sarvam ahaṃ sarvaṃ mayi sarvaṃ sanātane

Translation

Because the Infinite (Ananta) is all-pervading, I alone stand established as that very Reality. From Me everything proceeds; I am all; and in Me, the Eternal, everything abides.

Word by Word

• sarvagatvāt: because of all-pervasiveness
• sarvagatvāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + gatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: “sarvatra gatvam” = all-pervasiveness; ablative “because of/from”

• anantasya: of the Infinite (Ananta)
• anantasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ananta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; “of the Infinite”

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

• eva: indeed; alone
• eva: Avadharana (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण); emphatic particle

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “I”

• avasthitaḥ: abiding; established
• avasthitaḥ: Vidhaya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ava + sthā (स्था) (धातु) → avasthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) “standing/established” (predicate)

• mattaḥ: from me
• mattaḥ: Apadana (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; “from me”

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karta/karma (Contextual)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Vidhaya (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicate/apposition to “aham”

• mayi: in me
• mayi: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; “in me”

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karta/karma (Contextual)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sanātane: in the Eternal
• sanātane: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sanātana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; used substantively/epithet; locative “in the eternal (one)”

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya about Vishnu as the all-pervading Supreme Reality)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: All-pervasion of Ananta and the Lord’s ‘from Me / in Me’ causal language

Teaching: Philosophical

Quality: revealing

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Because the Infinite is everywhere, all origination, identity, and abiding of the cosmos are grounded in Him—everything proceeds from Him and rests in Him.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Contemplate pervasion (vyāpti) in daily life—treat every place and person as within God’s presence, curbing harm and strengthening devotion.

Vishishtadvaita: The ‘from Me / in Me’ formula supports Viśiṣṭādvaita: the world is a real mode dependent on the eternal Lord, not an illusion separate from Him.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Antaryamin: Yes

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Ananta

FAQs

What is the significance of Vishnu being described as all-pervading (sarvagata) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames Vishnu (Ananta) as the immanent ground of reality—present in all beings and worlds—so creation and cosmic order are understood as existing within and dependent upon Him.

How does Sage Parashara explain the relationship between the universe and Vishnu here?

Parashara presents a threefold relation: everything originates from Vishnu (mattaḥ sarvam), Vishnu is the all-in-all (ahaṃ sarvam), and everything abides in Vishnu (mayi sarvam), emphasizing divine sovereignty over cosmology.

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

Vishnu is asserted as the Supreme Reality—both the transcendent Infinite and the indwelling support of the cosmos—making devotion and liberation ultimately a turning toward the One in whom all exists.