Shloka 10
गर्भ-व्यवस्था, देवकी-गर्भ-स्तुति (गर्भस्तुतिः), जगदन्तर्गत-हरि-प्रतिपादनम्
ज्योत्स्ना वासरगर्भा त्वं ज्ञानगर्भासि सन्नतिः नयगर्भधरा नीतिर् लज्जा त्वं प्रश्रयोद्वहा
jyotsnā vāsaragarbhā tvaṃ jñānagarbhāsi sannatiḥ nayagarbhadharā nītir lajjā tvaṃ praśrayodvahā
You are moonlight itself, and within you the day is held; you are humility, bearing wisdom within. You are righteous policy, carrying discernment in your womb; you are modesty, the wellspring that gives rise to gentle courtesy.
Sage Parasara (narrating to Maitreya, in a devotional-epithet style)
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: As Krishna, the Supreme is praised as the source in whom luminous order (moonlight/day) and moral-mental virtues (humility, policy, modesty) are grounded.
Leela: Dharma-upadesa
Dharma Restored: Ethical order: inner virtues that sustain dharmic life and wise governance.
Concept: Virtues such as humility, discernment in conduct, and modest courtesy are not merely social conventions but divine manifestations grounded in the Supreme.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Cultivate humility and modest speech as spiritual disciplines, seeing ethical refinement as worship of the indwelling Lord.
Vishishtadvaita: Moral qualities are real modes (prakāras) of the Lord’s immanence in the world, supporting a qualified unity rather than an illusory ethic.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Antaryamin: Yes
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
It presents the Divine as the luminous principle behind both night and day—an all-pervading source that contains and harmonizes apparent opposites within cosmic order.
By portraying nīti as 'bearing discernment (naya) within,' Parasara frames true governance and right conduct as rooted in inner wisdom and divine alignment, not mere external rule.
Vishnu is implied as the Supreme foundation of both cosmic radiance and moral virtues—knowledge, humility, modesty, and courtesy—showing divinity as the source of dharma in the world.