Shloka 10

Devanagari script

येषां सूतिप्रसूतैश् च इदम् आपूरितं जगत्

Transliteration

yeṣāṃ sūtiprasūtaiś ca idam āpūritaṃ jagat

Translation

By their births and the generations that followed, this entire world has been filled and made complete.

Word by Word

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सूतिप्रसूतैः: by the offspring born (from them)
• सूतिप्रसूतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूति + प्रसूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सूत्या प्रसूतैः = जन्मना उत्पन्नैः)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आपूरितम्: filled
• आपूरितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + पूर् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (इदम्/जगत्) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: How creation becomes fully populated through progeny and succession.

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: revealing

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Secondary

Cosmic Hierarchy: Brahmanda (universe)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The cosmos attains completeness through ordered succession (sūti–prasūti), indicating purposeful proliferation rather than accidental emergence.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: See family, society, and ecology as interlinked continuities; act responsibly within generational chains.

Vishishtadvaita: The world’s plurality is a meaningful ‘body’ of the divine, filled through divinely ordered generation.

FAQs

What is the significance of progeny and generation in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents population through successive births as a core mechanism by which the world becomes ‘filled’—a key Purāṇic way of describing ordered creation and continuity.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the unfolding of creation here?

He frames creation not only as a single act but as an ongoing expansion through births and descendants, indicating a sustained cosmic process rather than a one-time event.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the line, the Vishnu Purana’s creation and lineage accounts function under Vishnu’s supreme governance—creation proceeds as an ordered manifestation of the Supreme Reality.