Shloka 33

नग्न-परिभाषा तथा देव-स्तोत्रपूर्वक मायामोह-उत्पत्ति

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

Devanagari script

यन् नः शरीरेषु यद् अन्यदेहेष्व् अशेषवस्तुष्व् अजम् अव्ययं यत् यस्माच् च नान्यद् व्यतिरिक्तम् अस्ति ब्रह्मस्वरूपाय नताः स्म तस्मै

Transliteration

yan naḥ śarīreṣu yad anyadeheṣv aśeṣavastuṣv ajam avyayaṃ yat yasmāc ca nānyad vyatiriktam asti brahmasvarūpāya natāḥ sma tasmai

Translation

That Reality abiding in our bodies, in other bodies too, and in all things without remainder—unborn and imperishable, from which nothing stands apart: to That One, whose very nature is Brahman, we bow in reverence.

Word by Word

• yat: that which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• naḥ: of us / our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Case 6) बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• śarīreṣu: in (our) bodies
• śarīreṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Case 7), बहुवचन

• yat: that which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• anya-deheṣu: in other bodies
• anya-deheṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक) + deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Case 7), बहुवचन

• aśeṣa-vastuṣu: in all things without remainder
• aśeṣa-vastuṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + vastu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Case 7), बहुवचन

• ajam: unborn
• ajam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• avyayam: imperishable
• avyayam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: avyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• yat: that which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• yasmāt: from which
• yasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (Case 5), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• anyat: anything else
• anyat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), एकवचन

• vyatiriktam: separate / distinct
• vyatiriktam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + ati + √ric (धातु) → vyatirikta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), एकवचन; विशेषण

• asti: exists
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• brahma-svarūpāya: to (him) whose nature is Brahman
• brahma-svarūpāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-समास (brahmaṇaḥ svarūpam); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Case 4), एकवचन

• natāḥ: bowed down
• natāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √nam (धातु) → nata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), बहुवचन; कर्तृवाचक-विशेषण (predicate)

• sma: indeed / (auxiliary particle)
• sma: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sma (अव्यय)
• Form: स्म-निपात (past/continuative particle, often with perfect)

• tasmai: to him
• tasmai: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Case 4), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; doxological praise within the discourse)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Brahman alone abides within all bodies and all things, unborn and imperishable, with nothing existing apart from It.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Practice seeing the one indwelling Lord in every being (ātma-dṛṣṭi) to reduce egoic separation and cultivate reverent equanimity.

Vishishtadvaita: Affirms the Lord as antaryāmin pervading all—immanence without denying His supremacy, supporting a unity that includes real distinctions as His modes.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Antaryamin: Yes

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Brahman

FAQs

What is the significance of Vishnu being present in all bodies in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents Vishnu as the immanent ground of all existence—present in every body and every thing—so devotion and metaphysics meet in the claim that the Supreme pervades all.

How does Sage Parāśara explain non-separateness from Brahman here?

He states that nothing exists as 'other' or separate from that Reality (vyatirikta), framing the cosmos as dependent on and inseparable from the Supreme.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Vishnu is identified with Brahman itself—unborn and imperishable—establishing him as the highest principle behind creation, maintenance, and dissolution.