Shloka 53
सर्गभेदाः — अविद्या, स्रोतोभेदाः, नव सर्गाः, देवासुरादिसृष्टिः, वेद-यज्ञप्रादुर्भावः
गायत्रं च ऋचश् चैव त्रिवृत्साम रथन्तरम् अग्निष्टोमं च यज्ञानां निर्ममे प्रथमान् मुखात्
gāyatraṃ ca ṛcaś caiva trivṛtsāma rathantaram agniṣṭomaṃ ca yajñānāṃ nirmame prathamān mukhāt
De aquella boca primordial, el Señor forjó primero el metro Gāyatrī y los himnos del Ṛg; hizo surgir el Trivṛt Sāman y el canto Rathantara, y estableció el Agniṣṭoma—el más excelso de los sacrificios—para que el orden del yajña presidiera el inicio de la creación.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How Vedic metres, hymns, and sacrifices arise in creation
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: revealing
Creation Stage: Secondary
Concept: Vedic sound and yajña are not merely human institutions but arise from the Supreme, grounding dharma in divine revelation and sustaining cosmic order.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Approach mantra, study, and worship as participation in a divinely instituted order—perform duties as offering (ārpaṇa-buddhi).
Vishishtadvaita: The Lord’s manifested speech becomes the means of knowing and serving Him; revelation is a mode of His self-disclosure while He remains transcendent.
Vishnu Form: Narayana
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
This verse presents sacred metre and hymn as primordial—Vishnu establishes creation through ordered speech (chandas and ṛc), making Veda a foundation of cosmic order.
Parāśara frames yajña as instituted at the very start: the chief sacrifice (Agniṣṭoma) is ‘made first,’ indicating that ritual order and dharma are built into creation.
Vishnu appears as the supreme source who emanates Veda and yajña—not merely as a deity within the cosmos, but as the transcendent ground that establishes and sustains universal law.