Shloka 60
दुर्वासाशापः, क्षीरसागरमन्थनम्, श्रीः (लक्ष्मी) उद्भवः तथा श्रीस्तुतिः
आद्यो यज्ञः पुमान् ईड्यो यः पूर्वेषां च पूर्वजः तं नताः स्मो जगत्स्रष्टुः स्रष्टारम् अविशेषणम्
ādyo yajñaḥ pumān īḍyo yaḥ pūrveṣāṃ ca pūrvajaḥ taṃ natāḥ smo jagatsraṣṭuḥ sraṣṭāram aviśeṣaṇam
He is the primordial Yajña—the Sacrifice itself—the adorable Supreme Person, the first cause and the ancestor even of the ancients. To that Creator of the universe, the Creator beyond all limiting attributes and distinctions, we bow in reverence.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; part of a laudatory passage)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Nature of the supreme cause and the identity of the creator beyond attributes (Vishnu as Yajña and first cause)
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: authoritative
Creation Stage: Primary
Concept: The supreme Person, identical with Yajña, is the first cause and the creator beyond limiting distinctions, worthy of surrender and contemplation.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Contemplate the divine as the ultimate cause behind all processes and offer daily actions as yajña with humility.
Vishishtadvaita: Affirms the one supreme personal Brahman as jagat-kāraṇa while remaining beyond material upādhis (nirviśeṣa in the sense of freedom from limiting attributes).
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
It presents Vishnu not merely as a deity who receives sacrifice, but as the cosmic sacrificial principle itself—the source and sustainer of universal order.
Through a hymn-like description: Vishnu is the first cause, the Supreme Person, and the creator beyond limiting descriptions—indicating transcendence over all categories while remaining the origin of all.
It emphasizes Vishnu’s supremacy as beyond qualifiers and distinctions, supporting a Parabrahman reading where the Lord transcends limiting attributes while still being the sovereign creator.