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Shloka 54

उपसंहारः, वैष्णवपुराण-प्रशंसा, फलश्रुति, परम्परा-प्रवहः (पाठ-श्रवण-फलम्)

Devanagari script

यस् त्वैतत् सकलं शृणोति पुरुषः कृत्वा मनस्य् अच्युतं सर्वं सर्वमयं समस्तजगताम् आधारम् आत्माश्रयम् ज्ञानं ज्ञेयम् अनन्तम् आदिरहितं सर्वामराणां हितं स प्राप्नोति न संशयो ऽस्त्य् अविकलं यद् वाजिमेधे फलम्

Transliteration

yas tvaitat sakalaṃ śṛṇoti puruṣaḥ kṛtvā manasy acyutaṃ sarvaṃ sarvamayaṃ samastajagatām ādhāram ātmāśrayam jñānaṃ jñeyam anantam ādirahitaṃ sarvāmarāṇāṃ hitaṃ sa prāpnoti na saṃśayo 'sty avikalaṃ yad vājimedhe phalam

Translation

But whoever listens to this entire teaching, fixing Acyuta within the mind—He who is all, who pervades all, the support of all worlds, self-established; who is both knowledge and the object of knowledge; infinite, beginningless, and the benefactor of all the immortals—without doubt attains in full the very fruit won by the Aśvamedha sacrifice.

Word by Word
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात/particle)
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
सकलम्entire
सकलम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसकल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (एतत् इत्यस्य)
शृणोतिhears
शृणोति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
पुरुषःa man
पुरुषः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
कृत्वाhaving placed / having made
कृत्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) + त्वा (प्रत्यय)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)
मनसिin the mind
मनसि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
अच्युतम्Acyuta (Vishnu)
अच्युतम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअच्युत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेष्य (विष्णोः नाम)
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनामवत्
सर्वमयम्consisting of all
सर्वमयम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + मयट् (प्रत्यय; -मय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासः (सर्वं मयम् = consisting of all)
समस्तजगताम्of all worlds
समस्तजगताम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसमस्त (प्रातिपदिक) + जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (समस्तं जगत्)
आधारम्support
आधारम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआधार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
आत्माश्रयम्self-dependent / having the self as refuge
आत्माश्रयम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (आत्मनः आश्रयः / आत्मनि आश्रयः)
ज्ञानम्knowledge
ज्ञानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
ज्ञेयम्to be known / knowable
ज्ञेयम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञा (धातु) + यत् (प्रत्यय)
Formज्ञा-धातोः यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
अनन्तम्endless
अनन्तम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण
आदिरहितम्without beginning
आदिरहितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआदि (प्रातिपदिक) + रहित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (आदिना रहितम्)
सर्वामराणाम्of all the gods
सर्वामराणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अमर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वे अमराः)
हितम्beneficial
हितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootहित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
प्राप्नोतिattains
प्राप्नोति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+आप् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
नno / not
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
अविकलम्complete / unimpaired
अविकलम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअविकल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (फलम् इत्यस्य)
यत्which
यत्:
Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम
वाजिमेधेin the Aśvamedha sacrifice
वाजिमेधे:
Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवाजि (प्रातिपदिक) + मेध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वाजिनः मेधः = अश्वमेधः)
फलम्fruit (result)
फलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन
Speaker

Sage Parāśara (addressing Maitreya, concluding with a phala-śruti)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Highest fruit of complete śravaṇa with mind fixed on Acyuta; equivalence to Aśvamedha

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: exalting and revelatory

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Fixing Acyuta in the mind while hearing the whole teaching reveals Him as all-pervading, self-established, infinite Brahman—yielding the full fruit of the Aśvamedha.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Combine śravaṇa with sustained smaraṇa (mental fixation on the Lord): listen, contemplate His attributes, and let daily decisions flow from that remembrance.

Vishishtadvaita: The Lord is both transcendent (ananta, ādirahita) and immanent (sarvamaya, jagad-ādhāra, antaryāmin), matching Viśiṣṭādvaita’s qualified non-dual Brahman who includes and supports the world.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Vyuha Form: Vasudeva

Antaryamin: Yes

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities
A
Acyuta (Vishnu)
D
Devas (Amarāḥ)
A
Aśvamedha (Vājimedha)

FAQs

The verse declares that attentive listening to the complete teaching with the mind fixed on Acyuta grants the full spiritual merit traditionally associated with major Vedic rites.

He describes Vishnu as all-pervading, the foundation of every world, self-established, infinite and beginningless—both the very principle of knowledge and the ultimate object to be known.

It elevates devotion and contemplative hearing of Vishnu’s greatness to the level of the highest royal sacrifice, emphasizing Vishnu as the supreme goal and the most effective path to merit.

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