Shloka 59

कालियदमना: यमुनाशुद्धिः, करुणा-निग्रहः, स्तुति-तत्त्वम्

Devanagari script

तवाष्टगुणम् ऐश्वर्यं नाथ स्वाभाविकं परम् निरस्तातिशयं यस्य तस्य स्तोष्यामि किं न्व् अहम्

Transliteration

tavāṣṭaguṇam aiśvaryaṃ nātha svābhāvikaṃ param nirastātiśayaṃ yasya tasya stoṣyāmi kiṃ nv aham

Translation

O Lord, Your sovereignty—endowed with the eightfold excellences—is supreme and innate to Your very nature. Since Your greatness admits no surpassing measure, how can I praise the Incomparable?

Word by Word

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अष्टगुणम्: eightfold in qualities
• अष्टगुणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अष्टौ गुणाः यस्य/अष्टगुणम्)

• ऐश्वर्यम्: sovereignty, lordship
• ऐश्वर्यम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐश्वर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन

• नाथ: O lord
• नाथ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• स्वाभाविकम्: natural, inherent
• स्वाभाविकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वभाव + इक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• निरस्तातिशयम्: unsurpassed, with excellence removed (i.e., beyond comparison)
• निरस्तातिशयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरस्त + अतिशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (निरस्तः अतिशयः यस्य/निरस्तातिशयम्)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Correlative genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्तोष्यामि: I will praise
• स्तोष्यामि: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Interrogative object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक सर्वनाम

• नु: indeed, pray (emphasis)
• नु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; प्रश्न/अनुनय)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (addressing Lord Vishnu while instructing Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: A stuti embedded in the Kṛṣṇa narrative expounding the Lord’s innate, incomparable sovereignty (aiśvarya).

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: reverential and philosophically elevated

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: He is praised as the supremely sovereign Lord whose intrinsic, unsurpassable excellences inspire humble stuti in his presence.

Leela: Dharma-upadesa

Dharma Restored: Re-centering all greatness in the Lord and cultivating humility before divine aiśvarya.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The Lord’s aiśvarya is svābhāvika (intrinsic) and niratiśaya (unsurpassable), making all praise an act of humble devotion rather than measurement.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Practice humility in worship: praise without bargaining, acknowledging the limits of speech and intellect while offering sincere gratitude.

Vishishtadvaita: Brahman possesses real auspicious attributes (kalyāṇa-guṇas); his supremacy is not attribute-less but infinitely excellent.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of the eightfold sovereignty (aṣṭa-guṇa aiśvarya) in the Vishnu Purana?

It signals Vishnu’s complete and inherent lordship—divine perfections that are not acquired but belong to His very nature, grounding cosmic order in a supreme personal Reality.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the idea of an unsurpassable Lord (nirastātiśaya)?

By stating that Vishnu’s greatness has no higher comparison, Parāśara frames theology as reverent humility: language can praise, but cannot exhaust the Supreme’s measureless excellence.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Vishnu is presented as the supreme, self-existent source of sovereignty—supporting a Vaishnava view where the highest reality is personal, perfect, and the ultimate ground of the cosmos.