Shloka 53
सर्गभेदाः — अविद्या, स्रोतोभेदाः, नव सर्गाः, देवासुरादिसृष्टिः, वेद-यज्ञप्रादुर्भावः
गायत्रं च ऋचश् चैव त्रिवृत्साम रथन्तरम् अग्निष्टोमं च यज्ञानां निर्ममे प्रथमान् मुखात्
gāyatraṃ ca ṛcaś caiva trivṛtsāma rathantaram agniṣṭomaṃ ca yajñānāṃ nirmame prathamān mukhāt
From that primal mouth, the Lord first fashioned the Gāyatrī metre and the Ṛk-verses; He brought forth the Trivṛt Sāman and the Rathantara chant, and He ordained the Agniṣṭoma—foremost among sacrifices—so that the order of yajña might stand at the beginning of creation.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How Vedic metres, hymns, and sacrifices arise in creation
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: revealing
Creation Stage: Secondary
Concept: Vedic sound and yajña are not merely human institutions but arise from the Supreme, grounding dharma in divine revelation and sustaining cosmic order.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Approach mantra, study, and worship as participation in a divinely instituted order—perform duties as offering (ārpaṇa-buddhi).
Vishishtadvaita: The Lord’s manifested speech becomes the means of knowing and serving Him; revelation is a mode of His self-disclosure while He remains transcendent.
Vishnu Form: Narayana
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
This verse presents sacred metre and hymn as primordial—Vishnu establishes creation through ordered speech (chandas and ṛc), making Veda a foundation of cosmic order.
Parāśara frames yajña as instituted at the very start: the chief sacrifice (Agniṣṭoma) is ‘made first,’ indicating that ritual order and dharma are built into creation.
Vishnu appears as the supreme source who emanates Veda and yajña—not merely as a deity within the cosmos, but as the transcendent ground that establishes and sustains universal law.