Shloka 44

सोमचक्रः, ग्रह-रथाः, ध्रुवबन्धनं, शिशुमारसंनिवेशः, विष्णु-सर्वात्मकता

Moon, Planets, Dhruva-Tethering, Śiśumāra, and Vishnu as All

Devanagari script

ज्ञानं विशुद्धं विमलं विशोकम् अशेषलोभादिनिरस्तसङ्गम् एकं सदैकं परमः परेशः स वासुदेवो न यतो ऽन्यद् अस्ति

Transliteration

jñānaṃ viśuddhaṃ vimalaṃ viśokam aśeṣalobhādinirastasaṅgam ekaṃ sadaikaṃ paramaḥ pareśaḥ sa vāsudevo na yato 'nyad asti

Translation

He is pure consciousness—utterly stainless, untainted, and beyond sorrow; detached from all association, with every trace of greed and the like cast away. One alone, ever the One; the Supreme, the Lord of all lords—He is Vāsudeva, for apart from Him there exists nothing else.

Word by Word

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge; consciousness
• ज्ञानम्: Karta/Predicate (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विशुद्धम्: pure
• विशुद्धम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• विमलम्: stainless; spotless
• विमलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• विशोकम्: free from sorrow
• विशोकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• अशेषलोभादिनिरस्तसङ्गम्: whose attachment is removed with respect to all greed etc.
• अशेषलोभादिनिरस्तसङ्गम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशेष + लोभ + आदि + निरस्त + सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (अशेषस्य लोभादेः निरस्तः सङ्गः यस्य तत्)

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: always)

• एकम्: one (alone)
• एकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• परमः: supreme
• परमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• परेशः: Lord of the supreme/others; Supreme Lord
• परेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परेश (प्रातिपदिक; पर + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पराणाम् ईशः)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva (Vishnu)
• वासुदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• यतः: because; from whom
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थे (causal adverb: 'because/from whom')

• अन्यत्: anything else; other (thing)
• अन्यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अस्ति: exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Identification of the one pure, sorrowless consciousness with the Supreme Lord Vāsudeva, apart from whom nothing exists.

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: exalting, definitive

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The ultimate reality is the one, ever-one Supreme Lord—Vāsudeva—pure consciousness, untouched by sorrow and free from all attachments; nothing exists apart from Him.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Center daily remembrance (smaraṇa) on Vāsudeva as the ground of being; reduce greed and clinging as practical expressions of aligning with the pure Lord.

Vishishtadvaita: Explicitly names the Supreme consciousness as ‘Vāsudeva’ (personal Brahman), supporting Vishishtadvaita’s identification of nirguṇa-like purity with the personal Lord as the sole independent reality.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Vasudeva

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Vyuha Form: Vasudeva

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva
• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of describing Vāsudeva as 'pure knowledge' (jñānam) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse identifies Vāsudeva not merely as a deity with attributes, but as the very ground of consciousness—spotless, sorrowless, and untouched by passions—establishing Him as the metaphysical absolute behind all creation.

How does Sage Parāśara explain detachment and freedom from passions here?

Parāśara states that Vāsudeva is free from all saṅga (attachment) and that greed and related impulses are entirely removed, emphasizing divine transcendence over prakṛtic qualities that bind embodied beings.

What is the theological importance of 'there is nothing else apart from Him' in this context?

It asserts Vishnu’s unsurpassed sovereignty and ultimacy: all that exists depends upon Him, while He depends on nothing—supporting a Vaishnava reading where Vishnu is the highest reality and the source, sustainer, and end of all.