Shloka 61

Devanagari script

भगवन् भूतभव्येश यज्ञमूर्तिधराव्यय प्रसीद प्रणतानां त्वं सर्वेषां देहि दर्शनम्

Transliteration

bhagavan bhūtabhavyeśa yajñamūrtidharāvyaya prasīda praṇatānāṃ tvaṃ sarveṣāṃ dehi darśanam

Translation

O Bhagavān, Lord of all that has been and all that is yet to be, imperishable One who bears the very form of sacrifice—be gracious. To us who have bowed down in surrender, to all of us, grant Your vision.

Word by Word

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• भूतभव्येश: O Lord of past and future
• भूतभव्येश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + भविष्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; समाहार/द्वन्द्व-पूर्वपद (भूत+भव्य) तत्पुरुषेण ईशः (‘भूतभव्ययोः ईशः’)

• यज्ञमूर्तिधर: O bearer of the form of sacrifice
• यज्ञमूर्तिधर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (प्रातिपदिक; √धृ (धातु) ‘धारणे’ से)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘यज्ञस्य मूर्तिः’)+ उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘मूर्तिं धरति’)

• अव्यय: O imperishable one
• अव्यय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• प्रसीद: be gracious
• प्रसीद: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (धातु) उपसर्ग-प्र (प्रसादे/अनुग्रहे)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• प्रणतानाम्: of those who have bowed
• प्रणतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-नत (प्रातिपदिक; √नम् (धातु) ‘नमने’ से क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सामान्य), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• देहि: grant
• देहि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु) ‘दाने’
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• दर्शनम्: vision; audience
• दर्शनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक; √दृश् (धातु) ‘दर्शने’ से ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

A devotee/supplicant within the narrative (addressing Lord Vishnu in prayer); framed within the Parasara–Maitreya discourse as a quoted or described hymn

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Supplication of the gods seeking the Lord’s grace and direct vision (darśana)

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: compassionate

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Those who take refuge and bow to Bhagavān, the timeless Lord who embodies yajña, seek and receive his gracious darśana.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Cultivate prapatti (surrender) through prayer and humility, asking not for power but for clarity and divine presence in life.

Vishishtadvaita: Highlights grace (prasāda) and darśana as relational access to the personal absolute, central to prapatti-bhakti within qualified non-dualism.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Bhakti Type: Dasya

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Yajna (sacrificial principle)

FAQs

What is the significance of calling Vishnu ‘Bhūta-bhavyeśa’ in the Vishnu Purana?

It affirms Vishnu’s absolute sovereignty over time—past and future—presenting Him as the Lord who transcends temporal change while governing cosmic order.

How does the Vishnu Purana connect Vishnu with ‘Yajña’ (sacrifice) in this verse?

By naming Him ‘yajña-mūrti-dhara’, the verse identifies Vishnu as the very embodiment of sacrificial reality—implying that dharma, offering, and cosmic maintenance ultimately rest in Him.

What is the theological importance of asking for ‘darśanam’ here?

Darśana is portrayed as grace granted to the surrendered; it highlights a Vaishnava emphasis that realization is not merely intellectual but a bestowed encounter with the Supreme Lord.