Shloka 69
वासुदेवस्वरूपनिरूपणं—सर्गक्रमश्च
Vāsudeva’s Nature and the Ordered Process of Creation
स एव सृज्यः स च सर्गकर्ता स एव पात्य् अत्ति च पाल्यते च ब्रह्माद्यवस्थाभिर् अशेषमूर्तिर् विष्णुर् वरिष्ठो वरदो वरेण्यः
sa eva sṛjyaḥ sa ca sargakartā sa eva pāty atti ca pālyate ca brahmādyavasthābhir aśeṣamūrtir viṣṇur variṣṭho varado vareṇyaḥ
He alone is what is brought forth, and He alone is the maker of creation. He alone protects; He alone consumes; and He alone sustains what is protected. Assuming every form—beginning with the state of Brahmā—Viṣṇu is the highest, the giver of boons, and the One most worthy of worship.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Supremacy of Viṣṇu as both effect and cause, assuming all states (including Brahmā) and being the supreme boon-giver worthy of worship
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: authoritative
Creation Stage: Kalpa
Concept: Viṣṇu alone is both the produced world and its producer—protector, consumer, and sustainer—assuming all forms and thus being the highest, boon-giving, most worship-worthy Lord.
Vedantic Theme: Moksha
Application: Direct worship toward the supreme source behind all powers; seek boons as inner transformation (virtue, clarity, devotion) rather than mere externals.
Vishishtadvaita: Unites causal ultimacy with personal lordship (varada, vareṇya), grounding liberation in grace of the supreme Person rather than impersonal abstraction.
Vishnu Form: Hari
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Lakshmi Presence: Sri
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
This verse presents Vishnu as encompassing both effect and cause—what appears as the world and the power that brings it forth—establishing Him as the supreme reality behind creation.
Parāśara attributes all three cosmic functions to Vishnu alone: He creates (sargakartā), protects and sustains (pāti/pālyate), and withdraws or dissolves the cosmos (atti).
Vishnu is affirmed as the highest Lord with limitless forms, even assuming roles like Brahmā; thus He is the ultimate object of worship and the sovereign ground of cosmic order.