Shloka 30

नग्न-परिभाषा तथा देव-स्तोत्रपूर्वक मायामोह-उत्पत्ति

Defining ‘Nagna’ and the Devas’ Hymn Leading to Māyāmoha

Devanagari script

तिर्यङ्मनुष्यदेवादिव्योमशब्दादिकं च यत् रूपं तवादेः सर्वस्य तस्मै सर्वात्मने नमः

Transliteration

tiryaṅmanuṣyadevādivyomaśabdādikaṃ ca yat rūpaṃ tavādeḥ sarvasya tasmai sarvātmane namaḥ

Translation

Salutations to You, the primordial source of all, whose manifestation becomes everything—beasts, humans, gods, and even the sky, sound, and all other elements and principles; to that All-Self I bow.

Word by Word

• तिर्यङ्मनुष्यदेवादिव्योमशब्दादिकम्: (the aggregate of) animals, humans, gods, etc., and sky, sound, etc.
• तिर्यङ्मनुष्यदेवादिव्योमशब्दादिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिर्यञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक) + मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + व्योम (प्रातिपदिक) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + क (प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः (तिर्यङ्-मनुष्य-देव-आदि) इति द्वन्द्व-समाहारः, ततः व्योम-शब्द-आदि इत्यपि समाहारः; समस्तं '...आदिकम्' = 'etc.' सूचक

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma/Pradhana (Object/Predicate-noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• तव: of you
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• आदेः: of the primordial (one)
• आदेः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; 'आदि' = आदिकारण/प्रथम

• सर्वस्य: of all
• सर्वस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनामसदृश-विशेषणप्रयोगः

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन

• सर्वात्मने: to the all-Self
• सर्वात्मने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (सर्वः आत्मा)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; part of a stuti/hymnic description of Vishnu’s all-pervading nature)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: The Lord as the source whose manifestation becomes beings and elements (ākāśa, śabda, etc.)

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: authoritative

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Secondary

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: From the primordial Lord arises the entire spectrum of manifestation—beasts, humans, gods, and the subtle elements like space and sound—yet He remains the All-Self within them.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Contemplate the sacredness of both subtle (sound, space) and gross life as expressions of the same indwelling Reality; refine speech and perception as spiritual disciplines.

Vishishtadvaita: Causality with real plurality: the universe of elements and beings is a real manifestation dependent on the Supreme as inner ruler and source.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Antaryamin: Yes

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of calling Vishnu “Sarvātman” in the Vishnu Purana?

It asserts Vishnu as the inner Self present in all beings and all categories of existence, making creation a manifestation dependent on Him rather than independent reality.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the universe through this verse?

He frames the cosmos—from animals and humans to gods and subtle principles like sound and space—as the ‘rūpa’ (manifested expression) of the primordial Supreme, Vishnu.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu here?

Vishnu is presented as the ultimate ground of being: the source, sustainer, and indwelling reality of both the visible world and the subtle elements, warranting worship as the Supreme.