Shloka 56
अविद्याबीज-निरूपणं, योगस्वरूप-उपदेशः, मूर्तहरिधारणा-समाधि, जनकवंशीय-राजर्षिसंवादः
हिरण्यगर्भो भगवान् वासवो ऽथ प्रजापतिः मरुतो वसवो रुद्रा भास्करास् तारका ग्रहाः
hiraṇyagarbho bhagavān vāsavo 'tha prajāpatiḥ maruto vasavo rudrā bhāskarās tārakā grahāḥ
From Him arise Hiraṇyagarbha, the Blessed Lord, and Vāsava (Indra) and Prajāpati. From Him also proceed the Maruts, the Vasus, the Rudras—the radiant Suns, the stars, and the planets.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Creation Stage: Secondary
Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas
Concept: All cosmic offices and luminous powers (Hiraṇyagarbha, Indra, Prajāpati, and the deva-gaṇas) arise from the Supreme as dependent manifestations.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Contemplate all powers—political, natural, and celestial—as derivative and thus direct reverence toward the Supreme source rather than toward mere intermediaries.
Vishishtadvaita: The many divine functionaries are real, yet ontologically dependent modes (prakāras) within Viṣṇu’s sovereignty.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Antaryamin: Yes
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
This verse presents Hiraṇyagarbha as a primary cosmic principle emerging from the Supreme—an archetypal creator-function that organizes manifestation under Vishnu’s sovereignty.
Parāśara lists administrative and elemental divine orders—Indra, Prajāpati, Maruts, Vasus, Rudras—alongside celestial regulators (suns, stars, planets) to show a layered, purposeful universe rooted in one Supreme source.
Vishnu is implied as the ultimate ground from whom all divine powers and cosmic bodies proceed, reinforcing Vaishnava cosmology where many deities function as expressions within the Supreme Reality.