Shloka 61

वंशस्मरण-फलम्, वैशालिका-प्रसङ्गः, रेवती-बलदेव-विवाहः, विष्णु-परतत्त्व-स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

कलामुहूर्तादिमयश् च कालो न यद्विभूतेः परिणामहेतुः अजन्मनाशस्य समस्तमूर्तेर् अनामरूपस्य सनातनस्य

Transliteration

kalāmuhūrtādimayaś ca kālo na yadvibhūteḥ pariṇāmahetuḥ ajanmanāśasya samastamūrter anāmarūpasya sanātanasya

Translation

Even Time—made of measures such as kalās and muhūrtas—cannot cause change in Him whose glory is boundless: the Eternal, unborn and undying, whose form is all forms, and who in truth is beyond name and beyond form.

Word by Word

• कलामुहूर्तादिमयः: made of kalās, muhūrtas, etc.
• कलामुहूर्तादिमयः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कला + मुहूर्त + आदि + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘consisting of (units like) kalā, muhūrta, etc.’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• कालः: Time
• कालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘time’

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun) ‘which’

• विभूतेः: of (his) manifestation
• विभूतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभूति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of (his) manifestation/power’

• परिणामहेतुः: cause of change
• परिणामहेतुः: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिणाम + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘cause of transformation’

• अजन्मनाशस्य: of the birthless and deathless
• अजन्मनाशस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + जन्म + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of one with no birth and no destruction’ (नञ्-पूर्वक समाहार-द्वन्द्व)

• समस्तमूर्तेः: of the all-formed
• समस्तमूर्तेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (मूर्ति-आश्रय), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of the one whose forms are all (i.e., all-formed)’

• अनामरूपस्य: of the nameless and formless
• अनामरूपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + नाम + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of the nameless and formless’ (नञ्-पूर्वक समाहार-द्वन्द्व)

• सनातनस्य: of the eternal
• सनातनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of the eternal’

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: The Lord’s transcendence over Time and change; Time as a created measure cannot condition the Eternal.

Teaching: Philosophical

Quality: authoritative

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Kalpa

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Time—measured in kalā and muhūrta—does not cause transformation in the Eternal Lord, who is birthless, deathless, all-formed, and ultimately beyond name and form.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Reflect daily on what is measured and changing versus what is unchanging; loosen anxiety rooted in time by anchoring devotion in the Eternal.

Vishishtadvaita: Distinguishes the Lord from kāla and nāma-rūpa while affirming ‘samasta-mūrti’ (all forms as His body/manifestation), resonating with Viśiṣṭādvaita’s body–soul relation of universe to God.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: shanta

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Time (Kāla)

FAQs

What is the significance of Kāla (Time) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse states that measured time (kalā, muhūrta, etc.) is not the ultimate cause behind the Supreme; time functions within creation, while Viṣṇu transcends it.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the Supreme being beyond change?

Parāśara describes the Supreme as birthless and deathless, beyond name and form, implying that transformation belongs to manifested realms, not to the Eternal Reality itself.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Viṣṇu is presented as Para Brahman—immutable and eternal—yet encompassing all forms, establishing His sovereignty over time and cosmological processes.