Shloka 95

गृहस्थस्य सदाचारः: शौच, तर্পण, वैश्वदेव, अतिथिधर्म, भोजन-विधि, संध्योपासन, ऋतु-धर्मः

Devanagari script

विष्णुः समस्तेन्द्रियदेहदेही प्रधानभूतो भगवान् यथैकः सत्येन तेनान्नम् अशेषम् एतद् आरोग्यदं मे परिणामम् एतु

Transliteration

viṣṇuḥ samastendriyadehadehī pradhānabhūto bhagavān yathaikaḥ satyena tenānnam aśeṣam etad ārogyadaṃ me pariṇāmam etu

Translation

Vishnu alone—Bhagavan, the indwelling Self of the body and of all the senses, the very ground of Pradhāna—is in truth the One. By that Truth, may this entire food be transformed within me into health and well-being.

Word by Word

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• समस्तेन्द्रियदेहदेही: the embodied one with all senses and bodies
• समस्तेन्द्रियदेहदेही: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक) + देहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: समस्तानि इन्द्रियाणि यस्य देहे (or समस्त-इन्द्रिय-देह) + देही ‘embodied one’; विशेषण of ‘विष्णुः’

• प्रधानभूतः: the primordial/primary one
• प्रधानभूतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रधान (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (प्रधानं भूतो) ‘become/being the primary (cause)’; विशेषण of ‘विष्णुः’

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; apposition to ‘विष्णुः’

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकार (as/just as)

• एकः: one, single
• एकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (one/alone)

• सत्येन: by truth
• सत्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण (by truth / in virtue of truth)

• तेन: by that / therefore
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; pronoun ‘by that/therefore’

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; subject/object of ‘एतु’ (let food attain)

• अशेषम्: entire
• अशेषम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘अन्नम्’ (entire)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘अन्नम्’ (this)

• आरोग्यदम्: health-giving
• आरोग्यदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आरोग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष sense ‘giving health’; विशेषण of ‘अन्नम्’

• मे: for me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; सम्प्रदान (for me/to me)

• परिणामम्: digestion, transformation
• परिणामम्: Gati/Karma (Goal/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिणाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रिया ‘एतु’ with goal/result (into digestion/result)

• एतु: let it attain
• एतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘let it go/attain’

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; verse framed as a food-blessing/mantra within the instruction)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Vishnu is the one Bhagavan who indwells body and senses and stands as the ground of Pradhāna; invoking this truth sanctifies nourishment into health.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Before eating, recollect God as the inner ruler of body and senses; let gratitude and restraint turn a meal into a devotional act.

Vishishtadvaita: Antaryāmin doctrine: Vishnu is immanent as the self of all embodied beings while remaining the supreme Lord beyond them.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Antaryamin: Yes

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of sanctifying food in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames eating as a dharmic act: food is offered inwardly to Vishnu, the indwelling Lord, so that nourishment becomes not merely physical intake but a truth-aligned transformation into health.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the relation between Vishnu and the body?

He presents Vishnu as the dehī—the inner ruler who inhabits and governs body and senses—so bodily processes like digestion (pariṇāma) are understood as occurring under the sovereignty of the Supreme.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu here?

Vishnu is affirmed as the One Reality and as the ground of Pradhāna, expressing a Vaishnava metaphysics where the Supreme is both transcendent and immanent, worthy of invocation even in daily acts like eating.