Shloka 89
इक्ष्वाकुवंश-प्रसङ्गः, पुरंजय-दैवसाहाय्य-कथा, युवनाश्व-मांधातृ-उत्पत्तिः, सौभरि-वैराग्योपदेशः
तस्मिन्न् अशेषौजसि सर्वरूपिण्य् अव्यक्तविस्पष्टतनाव् अनन्ते ममाचलं चित्तम् अपेतदोषं सदास्तु विष्णाव् अभवाय भूयः
tasminn aśeṣaujasi sarvarūpiṇy avyaktavispaṣṭatanāv anante mamācalaṃ cittam apetadoṣaṃ sadāstu viṣṇāv abhavāya bhūyaḥ
May my mind—steady and freed from fault—rest forever, again and again, in Vishnu: in that endless One of inexhaustible splendour, who bears all forms, whose body is at once unmanifest and yet clearly revealed, the Supreme beyond decay and becoming.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; devotional-philosophical instruction on the Supreme Vishnu)
Concept: A purified, unmoving mind should repeatedly rest in the infinite Viṣṇu whose splendour is inexhaustible and whose form is both unmanifest and manifest.
Vedantic Theme: Moksha
Application: Use steady contemplative remembrance (smaraṇa) with a chosen form/name of Viṣṇu while holding the theological insight that He transcends yet reveals Himself.
Vishishtadvaita: ‘Avyakta-vispaṣṭa-tanu’ supports the Lord as simultaneously transcendent (beyond sense) and graciously manifest (arcā/avatāra), central to qualified non-dual devotion.
Vishnu Form: Narayana (cosmic)
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
This verse presents Vishnu as transcending material visibility (avyakta) while still being the knowable and worship-worthy Supreme (vispaṣṭa), supporting a theology where the Absolute is both beyond the world and accessible to devotion and contemplation.
Parāśara frames liberation as the stabilization and purification of consciousness—an unmoving mind free of defects—anchored in continual remembrance of Vishnu, which leads to release from bhava (worldly becoming).
Vishnu is affirmed as the Infinite Supreme Reality—possessing all forms and limitless power—so devotion to Him is not merely sectarian worship but the direct path to freedom from samsaric existence.