Shloka 52

वासुदेवस्वरूपनिरूपणं—सर्गक्रमश्च

Vāsudeva’s Nature and the Ordered Process of Creation

Devanagari script

समेत्यान्योन्यसंयोगं परस्परसमाश्रयाः एकसंघातलक्ष्याश् च संप्राप्यैक्यम् अशेषतः

Transliteration

sametyānyonyasaṃyogaṃ parasparasamāśrayāḥ ekasaṃghātalakṣyāś ca saṃprāpyaikyam aśeṣataḥ

Translation

Coming together in mutual conjunction, each resting upon the other, they appear as a single aggregate and, without remainder, attain complete unity.

Word by Word

• समेत्य: having assembled
• समेत्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (धातु) उपसर्ग-सम् + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त-अव्ययीभाव (absolutive/gerund): ‘having come together’

• अन्योन्यसंयोगम्: mutual conjunction/connection
• अन्योन्यसंयोगम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्योन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + संयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अन्योन्यस्य संयोगः)

• परस्परसमाश्रयाः: mutually dependent
• परस्परसमाश्रयाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक) + समाश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (परस्परस्य समाश्रयः) विशेषणम्

• एकसंघातलक्ष्याः: having a single aggregate as their mark/aim
• एकसंघातलक्ष्याः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + संघात (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (एकः संघातः लक्ष्यः येषाम्) विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• संप्राप्य: having attained
• संप्राप्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु) उपसर्ग-सम् + प्र + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त-अव्ययीभाव (absolutive/gerund): ‘having attained’

• ऐक्यम्: unity, oneness
• ऐक्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अशेषतः: entirely
• अशेषतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: completely, without remainder)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: How conjunction (saṃyoga/saṃghāta) enables the emergence of a unified cosmos

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: authoritative

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Primary

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Through mutual conjunction and interdependence, the discrete principles cohere into a single aggregate, achieving functional unity.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Cultivate saṅgati—align relationships, duties, and inner faculties toward a single spiritual aim centered on the Lord.

Vishishtadvaita: Unity is not negation of plurality but coordinated wholeness—an organic (śarīra-śarīrī) order under the Supreme.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Maitreya

FAQs

What is the significance of mutual dependence (paraspara-samāśraya) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse emphasizes that creation becomes manifest through interdependent principles that join together, forming a single recognizable aggregate rather than isolated, independent parts.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the movement from multiplicity to unity in creation?

He describes the constituents as entering mutual conjunction and, through shared support, becoming one composite whole—an account of how the cosmos appears as an integrated order.

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

Even when many constituents appear, the Purana frames reality as ordered and unified under the Supreme principle—Vishnu—whose sovereignty grounds the coherence of the created aggregate.