Shloka 32

यमस्य अधिकारभङ्गः — वैष्णवस्य लक्षणम्

Freedom from Yama through Hari-śaraṇāgati

Devanagari script

सकलम् इदम् अहं च वासुदेवः परमपुमान् परमेश्वरः स एकः इति मतिर् अमला भवत्य् अनन्ते हृदयगते व्रज तान् विहाय दूरात्

Transliteration

sakalam idam ahaṃ ca vāsudevaḥ paramapumān parameśvaraḥ sa ekaḥ iti matir amalā bhavaty anante hṛdayagate vraja tān vihāya dūrāt

Translation

When the Infinite Lord is established in the heart, a stainless conviction arises: 'All this universe—and I too—are Vasudeva; He alone is the Supreme Person.' Go, leave them and stay far away.

Word by Word

• sakalam: all, entire
• sakalam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (idam)

• idam: this (universe)
• idam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• vāsudevaḥ: Vāsudeva
• vāsudevaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• parama-pumān: the supreme person
• parama-pumān: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + pumān (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (परमः पुमान्)

• parama-īśvaraḥ: the supreme Lord
• parama-īśvaraḥ: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (परमः ईश्वरः)

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

• ekaḥ: one, single
• ekaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (saḥ)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• matiḥ: understanding, thought
• matiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• amalā: pure
• amalā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (matiḥ)

• bhavati: becomes
• bhavati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• anante: in Ananta (Vishnu)
• anante: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ananta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; (विष्णोः नाम)

• hṛdaya-gate: when (he is) entered into the heart
• hṛdaya-gate: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (हृदये गते) — विशेषण (anante)

• vraja: go
• vraja: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tān: those (people)
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• vihāya: having left, abandoning
• vihāya: Kriya-viseshana (Converb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√hā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having abandoned’

• dūrāt: from far away
• dūrāt: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘from afar’

Speaker

Sage Parashara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: How pure realization arises when Ananta is established in the heart, and what renunciation of contrary notions follows

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: revealing

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Brahmanda (universe)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: With Ananta dwelling in the heart, one gains pure insight that all—self and universe—are grounded in Vāsudeva, the one Supreme Person, and thus abandons inferior attachments and notions.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Practice inward recollection (smaraṇa) and disciplined contemplation on Vāsudeva as the inner ruler; let this reframe identity and reduce clinging to transient identifications.

Vishishtadvaita: Qualified non-dualism: ‘all is Vāsudeva’ is read as the universe and jīvas being His body/modes (prakāra), while He remains the one Parameśvara indwelling as Antaryāmin.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Vasudeva

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Vyuha Form: Vasudeva

Antaryamin: Yes

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vasudeva
• Vishnu
• Ananta (Shesha)

FAQs

What is the significance of realizing “all this and I am Vasudeva” in the Vishnu Purana?

It expresses the culmination of spiritual insight: when the Infinite Lord is firmly present in the heart, the seeker gains a pure, unwavering conviction that the universe and the self are encompassed by Vasudeva’s supreme reality, and worldly identifications are to be abandoned.

How does Sage Parashara explain the rise of pure understanding (amala mati)?

He links it to inner establishment of Ananta—Vishnu as the Infinite—within the heart; from that interior realization, a stainless conviction arises naturally, replacing scattered attachments and lesser conceptions.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu here?

Vishnu (Vasudeva) is affirmed as the sole Paramapurusha and Parameshvara; liberation is framed as devotion-centered realization of His all-pervading supremacy, prompting renunciation of competing attachments and views.