Shloka 51
वासुदेवस्वरूपनिरूपणं—सर्गक्रमश्च
Vāsudeva’s Nature and the Ordered Process of Creation
नानावीर्याः पृथग्भूतास् ततस् ते संहतिं विना नाशक्नुवन् प्रजाः स्रष्टुम् असमागम्य कृत्स्नशः
nānāvīryāḥ pṛthagbhūtās tatas te saṃhatiṃ vinā nāśaknuvan prajāḥ sraṣṭum asamāgamya kṛtsnaśaḥ
Though endowed with diverse powers, remaining separate, they were therefore unable—without uniting together—to bring forth living beings in their fullness.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Why discrete tattvas cannot generate beings without mutual integration
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: revealing
Creation Stage: Primary
Concept: The creative principles, though potent, cannot produce living beings while remaining isolated; creation requires their coordinated conjunction under higher governance.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Recognize cooperative causality—integrate body, mind, ethics, and devotion rather than pursuing fragmented practice.
Vishishtadvaita: Multiplicity of real principles functions as an organic unity only when coordinated by the Supreme as inner ruler and efficient cause.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
This verse states that diverse, separate powers cannot produce beings unless they unite—creation requires coordinated integration, not mere plurality.
Parāśara explains that because the forces were distinct and did not ‘come together’ (asamāgamya), they lacked the combined capacity needed to generate progeny completely (kṛtsnaśaḥ).
Even when not named in the verse, the creation logic implies a supreme ordering principle—Vishnu as the sustaining sovereign who enables harmony among differentiated energies for manifestation.