Shloka 82

आत्यन्तिक-लयहेतुः: तापत्रय-विवेचनम् तथा ‘भगवान्/वासुदेव’ शब्दार्थः

Threefold Suffering and the Path to Final Liberation; Meaning of Bhagavān and Vāsudeva

Devanagari script

भूतेषु वसते सो ऽन्तर् वसन्त्य् अत्र च तानि यत् धाता विधाता जगतां वासुदेवस् ततः प्रभुः

Transliteration

bhūteṣu vasate so 'ntar vasanty atra ca tāni yat dhātā vidhātā jagatāṃ vāsudevas tataḥ prabhuḥ

Translation

He dwells within all beings, and all beings dwell in Him; He is the supporter and disposer of the worlds. Therefore Vāsudeva is the sovereign Lord.

Word by Word

• भूतेषु: in beings
• भूतेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• वसते: dwells
• वसते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्तः: within
• अन्तः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तः (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘within/inside’)

• वसन्ति: dwell
• वसन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• अत्र: here; in him/therein
• अत्र: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘here/in this’)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तानि: those (beings)
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• यत्: since/for which reason
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative particle; correlating with ‘ततः’)

• धाता: the supporter/creator
• धाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धा (धातु) + तृ (तृच्; कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तरि कृदन्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विधाता: the ordainer
• विधाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि + धा (धातु) + तृ (तृच्; कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तरि कृदन्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जगताम्: of the worlds
• जगताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ततः: therefore
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक/अन्वयवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘therefore/therefrom’)

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: How Vāsudeva is both within beings and the ground in which beings abide, establishing His sovereignty.

Teaching: Philosophical

Quality: revealing

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas (worlds)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Vāsudeva is the antaryāmin who dwells in all beings, while all beings also dwell in Him; therefore He alone supports and orders the worlds.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Cultivate constant God-remembrance by seeing every being as indwelt by the Lord and every event as within His governance.

Vishishtadvaita: Mutual indwelling (He in all, all in Him) aligns with śarīra-śarīrī-bhāva: the universe as His body and He as its inner ruler.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Vasudeva

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Vyuha Form: Vasudeva

Antaryamin: Yes

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vasudeva
• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of Vishnu as Antaryāmin (Inner Ruler) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse states that Vishnu dwells inside all beings while they also subsist in Him, presenting divine immanence as the basis of cosmic unity and governance.

How does Sage Parāśara explain Vishnu’s role as Dhātā and Vidhātā?

Parāśara describes Vāsudeva as both the sustainer (dhātā) and the ordainer/disposer (vidhātā) of the worlds, meaning all stability and all ordering of events depend on Him.

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

Vishnu is affirmed as the supreme sovereign (prabhuḥ) whose inner presence in beings and overarching containment of them establishes Him as the ultimate reality and ruler of the cosmos.