Shloka 85

Cosmic Appointments, Viṣṇu’s Vibhūtis, Fourfold Operation, and the Symbolism of Ornaments and Weapons

Devanagari script

अहं हरिः सर्वम् इदं जनार्दनो नान्यत् ततः कारणकार्यजातम् ईदृङ् मनो यस्य न तस्य भूयो भवोद्भवा द्वन्द्वगदा भवन्ति

Transliteration

ahaṃ hariḥ sarvam idaṃ janārdano nānyat tataḥ kāraṇakāryajātam īdṛṅ mano yasya na tasya bhūyo bhavodbhavā dvandvagadā bhavanti

Translation

“I am Hari; I am all this. I am Janārdana. Apart from Me there exists nothing whatsoever—neither the causes nor the entire multitude of effects. For the one whose mind is established in this vision, the afflictions born of duality do not arise again from the cycle of becoming.”

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषवाचक-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हरिः: Hari
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अहम्-समनाधिकरण (apposition)

• सर्वम्: all (everything)
• सर्वम्: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समनाधिकरण (predicate with अहम्)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समनाधिकरण (this universe)

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana
• जनार्दनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अहम्-समनाधिकरण

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation particle)

• अन्यत्: anything else
• अन्यत्: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निषेध्य-विधेय (nothing else)

• ततः: than that/from that
• ततः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: from that/than that)

• कारणकार्यजातम्: the aggregate of causes and effects
• कारणकार्यजातम्: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक) + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक) + जात (कृदन्त; √जन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कारणं च कार्यं च (द्वन्द्व) + जातम् (समूह/जात)

• ईदृक्: such/like this
• ईदृक्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of मनः: such)

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (relative: whose)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (of him)

• भूयः: again/further
• भूयः: Kala (Temporal/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again/further)

• भवोद्भवाः: arising from worldly existence
• भवोद्भवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—भवात् उद्भवाः (arising from becoming)

• द्वन्द्वगदाः: afflictions of dualities
• द्वन्द्वगदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वन्द्व (प्रातिपदिक) + गद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वं गदाः (ailments of dualities)

• भवन्ति: become/arise
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; voiced as Hari’s supreme declaration within the instruction)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Non-dual vision centered on Hari as cause and effect, and the soteriology of freedom from dvandva (duality)

Teaching: Philosophical

Quality: liberating

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Primary

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Realizing ‘Hari alone is all—cause and effect’ dissolves dvandva-born afflictions and ends repeated entanglement in saṃsāra for the established mind.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Use contemplative repetition of Hari’s all-pervasion (smaraṇa/japa) to weaken reactive dualities (like/dislike) and stabilize equanimity.

Vishishtadvaita: Liberation arises from God-centered knowledge: the jīva attains freedom from suffering by realizing dependence (śeṣatva) on the all-causal Lord, not by denying the reality of His body-world.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari (name)

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Vyuha Form: Vasudeva

Antaryamin: Yes

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu (Hari)

FAQs

What is the significance of ‘Hari is all’ in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse asserts Vishnu (Hari/Janārdana) as the all-encompassing ground of existence, denying any independent reality apart from Him, thereby framing devotion and knowledge as direct means to liberation.

How does Sage Parāśara explain freedom from dualities (dvandva)?

He teaches that when the mind is fixed in the understanding that all causes and effects depend upon and are encompassed by Hari, the recurring torments of opposites (pleasure/pain, gain/loss, etc.) no longer generate bondage.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu here?

Vishnu is presented as the Supreme Sovereign Reality—both immanent in the universe and transcendent beyond causal chains—so realizing Him is portrayed as the decisive cure for saṃsāra and its dualistic afflictions.