Shloka 57

अविद्याबीज-निरूपणं, योगस्वरूप-उपदेशः, मूर्तहरिधारणा-समाधि, जनकवंशीय-राजर्षिसंवादः

Devanagari script

गन्धर्वयक्षदैत्याद्याः सकला देवयोनयः मनुष्याः पशवः शैलाः समुद्राः सरितो द्रुमाः

Transliteration

gandharvayakṣadaityādyāḥ sakalā devayonayaḥ manuṣyāḥ paśavaḥ śailāḥ samudrāḥ sarito drumāḥ

Translation

Gandharvas, Yakṣas, Daityas, and all other divine-born orders; humans and animals; mountains, oceans, rivers, and trees—all are encompassed within the manifested world.

Word by Word

• गन्धर्व-यक्ष-दैत्य-आद्याः: Gandharvas, Yakṣas, Daityas and others
• गन्धर्व-यक्ष-दैत्य-आद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (गन्धर्वाश्च यक्षाश्च दैत्याश्च) + 'आदि' (etc.)-सहित; बहुवचन-प्रयोगः

• सकलाः: all/entire
• सकलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (देवयोनयः इति विशेष्ये), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• देवयोनयः: divine sources/classes of beings
• देवयोनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां योनयः)

• मनुष्याः: humans
• मनुष्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• पशवः: animals
• पशवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• शैलाः: mountains
• शैलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• समुद्राः: oceans
• समुद्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सरितः: rivers
• सरितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (वेद/काव्य-प्रयोगे -त्-प्रातिपदिकस्य बहुवचन-रूपम्)

• द्रुमाः: trees
• द्रुमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Secondary

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: All classes of beings and all features of the world—celestial, human, animal, and terrestrial—are comprehended within the manifested order dependent on the Supreme.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Practice equal vision (sama-darśana) by recognizing a single divine ground behind diverse life-forms and natural structures.

Vishishtadvaita: The world’s plurality (cit and acit) is real yet constitutes the Lord’s body (śarīra), sustained by his inner rule.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Antaryamin: Yes

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Gandharvas
• Yakṣas
• Daityas
• Devayonis (divine orders)
• Humans
• Animals
• Mountains
• Oceans
• Rivers
• Trees

FAQs

What is the significance of listing Gandharvas, Yakṣas, Daityas, humans, and natural features in this Vishnu Purana verse?

The verse presents an all-inclusive sweep of creation—sentient classes and the natural world—showing that the manifested cosmos is a single ordered whole, not a set of unrelated realms.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the scope of creation (Sarga) here?

By enumerating divine orders (devayonis), human and animal life, and the great structures of nature (mountains, oceans, rivers, trees), Parāśara frames creation as comprehensive and systematically constituted.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the line, the Vishnu Purana’s Sarga teaching treats the totality of beings and elements as arising within the Supreme’s governance—supporting a Vaishnava vision of one ultimate reality expressed through many forms.