Shloka 34
Kālayavana’s Rise, Dvārakā’s Founding, and Muchukunda’s Awakening (Śaraṇāgati & Brahman-Stuti)
त्वत्तो ऽमराः सपितरो यक्षगन्धर्वकिंनराः सिद्धाश् चाप्सरसस् त्वत्तो मनुष्याः पशवः खगाः
tvatto 'marāḥ sapitaro yakṣagandharvakiṃnarāḥ siddhāś cāpsarasas tvatto manuṣyāḥ paśavaḥ khagāḥ
From You arise the immortals and the Pitṛs; from You come the Yakṣas, Gandharvas, and Kiṃnaras. From You are born the Siddhas and the Apsarases; and from You, too, spring humankind, the beasts, and the birds.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Creation Stage: Secondary
Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: As Kṛṣṇa, the Lord is lauded as the source from whom all classes of beings—celestial and terrestrial—originate and by whom they are sustained.
Leela: Loka-rakshana
Dharma Restored: Cosmic order through the Lord’s sustaining causality over all beings.
Concept: All categories of beings—from devas and pitṛs to humans, animals, and birds—arise from the Lord as first cause and depend on him for continuance.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Cultivate reverence toward all life as sharing a single divine origin, supporting compassion and dharma in social conduct.
Vishishtadvaita: The many orders of beings are real and distinct yet wholly dependent on the one Lord—difference-in-unity consistent with qualified non-dualism.
Vishnu Form: Narayana
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
The list functions as a totalizing cosmological catalogue, asserting that every recognized class of being—heavenly, ancestral, semi-divine, and earthly—originates from Vishnu and depends on Him.
Parāśara frames diversity of life as emanation from a single supreme source: Vishnu. The verse emphasizes both origination and dependence, not merely biological creation.
Vishnu is presented as the Supreme Reality and universal cause—transcending categories while generating and sustaining them—supporting core Vaishnava metaphysics used by later Vedantic traditions.