Shloka 140
दुर्वासाशापः, क्षीरसागरमन्थनम्, श्रीः (लक्ष्मी) उद्भवः तथा श्रीस्तुतिः
पुनश् च पद्मा संभूता आदित्यो ऽभूद् यदा हरिः यदा तु भार्गवो रामस् तदाभूद् धरणी त्व् इयम्
punaś ca padmā saṃbhūtā ādityo 'bhūd yadā hariḥ yadā tu bhārgavo rāmas tadābhūd dharaṇī tv iyam
Again Padmā (Lakṣmī) arose; and when Hari manifested as Āditya, He shone with the splendor of the Sun itself. But when He was born as Rāma of Bhṛgu’s line (Paraśurāma), this very Earth became the field of His decisive work of lifting the world’s burden.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Lakṣmī’s manifestations and her association with Viṣṇu across descents/forms
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: authoritative
Avatara: Parashurama
Purpose: To relieve the Earth’s burden by curbing the violent, adharmic Kṣatriya excess and re-establishing righteous order.
Leela: Yuddha
Dharma Restored: Kṣatra-dharma restrained by dharma; protection of the Earth from tyrannical rule
Concept: The one Hari adopts diverse functions and embodiments—cosmic (as Āditya) and historical (as Paraśurāma)—for loka-saṃgraha.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Contemplate divine presence in both cosmic order (sun/time) and ethical history (restraint of tyranny), cultivating reverence and moral clarity.
Vishishtadvaita: Viṣṇu remains transcendent yet freely assumes appropriate modes to govern and protect the world-order.
Vishnu Form: Hari
FAQs
It presents Viṣṇu as the supreme source behind cosmic offices—here, the solar principle—showing that even universal functions operate through His manifestation.
By listing repeated emergences—Padmā’s arising and Hari’s different forms—Parāśara frames history as patterned cycles where the Divine appears according to the world’s need.
He is invoked as a purposeful avatāra through whom Viṣṇu restores dharma and relieves Earth’s burden, emphasizing Viṣṇu’s active governance of moral and historical order.