Shloka 19

वाराहावतारः (भूम्युद्धारः) — Varāha, the Raising of the Earth and the Recommencement of Creation

Devanagari script

यत् किंचिन् मनसा ग्राह्यं यद् ग्राह्यं चक्षुरादिभिः बुद्ध्या च यत् परिच्छेद्यं तद् रूपम् अखिलं तव

Transliteration

yat kiṃcin manasā grāhyaṃ yad grāhyaṃ cakṣurādibhiḥ buddhyā ca yat paricchedyaṃ tad rūpam akhilaṃ tava

Translation

Whatever the mind can apprehend, whatever the eye and the other senses can grasp, and whatever the intellect can delimit and determine—all of that, in its entirety, is Your form.

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• किंचित्: anything
• किंचित्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् + चित् (सर्वनाम + अव्यय)
• Form: अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• मनसा: by the mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ग्राह्यम्: graspable/knowable
• ग्राह्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive/पुं-नपुंसक), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; ‘to be grasped/knowable’

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ग्राह्यम्: graspable
• ग्राह्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• चक्षुः-आदिभिः: by the eyes and other (senses)
• चक्षुः-आदिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (चक्षुः आदि यस्य/येषां—‘eyes etc.’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) (समूहवाचक), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• बुद्ध्या: by the intellect
• बुद्ध्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• परिच्छेद्यम्: definable/determinable
• परिच्छेद्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-छिद् (धातु)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be delimited/defined’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (demonstrative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• रूपम्: form/nature
• रूपम्: Pratipadya (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अखिलम्: entire/all
• अखिलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: How the Lord relates to all knowable objects and faculties of cognition

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: revealing

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: All that is grasped by mind, senses, and intellect is encompassed within the Lord’s rūpa—His immanent presence as the ground of experience.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Practice mindfulness that treats every perception as occurring within the Lord’s presence, turning ordinary cognition into remembrance (smaraṇa).

Vishishtadvaita: Supports śarīra-śarīrī-bhāva: the universe and its knowables are the Lord’s body/mode, while He remains the inner ruler (antaryāmin).

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Antaryamin: Yes

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of mind, senses, and intellect in this Vishnu Purana verse?

The verse maps all human modes of knowing—mental conception, sensory perception, and intellectual determination—onto Vishnu’s all-encompassing manifestation, asserting that nothing within experience stands outside Him.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the all-pervading nature of Vishnu here?

By stating that whatever can be grasped or defined through any faculty of cognition is entirely Vishnu’s rūpa, Parāśara presents the world of knowables as pervaded and owned by the Supreme.

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

Vishnu is affirmed as the Supreme Reality in whom all phenomena in the universe are contained—supporting a Vaishnava view where the cosmos is real yet wholly dependent on and expressive of Vishnu.