Shloka 63
सर्गभेदाः — अविद्या, स्रोतोभेदाः, नव सर्गाः, देवासुरादिसृष्टिः, वेद-यज्ञप्रादुर्भावः
नामरूपं च भूतानां कृत्यानां च प्रपञ्चनम् वेदशब्देभ्य एवादौ देवादीनां चकार सः
nāmarūpaṃ ca bhūtānāṃ kṛtyānāṃ ca prapañcanam vedaśabdebhya evādau devādīnāṃ cakāra saḥ
From the very beginning, out of the Vedic sounds themselves, He brought forth the differentiation of name and form for all beings, the manifold ordering of their functions, and the establishment of the gods and the rest.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How nāma-rūpa, functions (kṛtya), and the hierarchy of devas arise from Vedic sound at the beginning.
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: authoritative
Creation Stage: Secondary
Concept: The Lord differentiates beings through nāma-rūpa and assigns their functions, establishing devas and others, with Vedic sound as the primordial revelatory medium of order.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Treat mantra and śruti as a means to align speech, thought, and action with cosmic order; practice truthful, disciplined speech as sacred participation in creation.
Vishishtadvaita: Śruti (Veda) is the Lord’s authoritative self-revelation guiding the structured universe, where differentiated nāma-rūpa subsist as modes (prakāra) of the one Brahman (Viṣṇu).
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Vyuha Form: Vasudeva
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
This verse presents creation as structured by sacred sound: differentiation of beings, their roles, and even the devas are said to arise “from the Vedic words,” emphasizing revelation as the blueprint of cosmic order.
Parāśara describes nāma-rūpa as an initial act of ordering: the Lord assigns identifiable forms and names, and with them the diversified functions (kṛtya) that make the manifested world intelligible and operative.
Vishnu is portrayed as the sovereign source who institutes both ontology (name-form) and dharmic function (duties), grounding creation in an intelligent, supreme reality rather than in randomness or mere material transformation.