Shloka 38

सोमचक्रः, ग्रह-रथाः, ध्रुवबन्धनं, शिशुमारसंनिवेशः, विष्णु-सर्वात्मकता

Moon, Planets, Dhruva-Tethering, Śiśumāra, and Vishnu as All

Devanagari script

ज्योतींषि विष्णुर् भुवनानि विष्णुर् वनानि विष्णुर् गिरयो दिशश् च नद्यः समुद्राश् च स एव सर्वं यद् अस्ति यन् नास्ति च विप्रवर्य

Transliteration

jyotīṃṣi viṣṇur bhuvanāni viṣṇur vanāni viṣṇur girayo diśaś ca nadyaḥ samudrāś ca sa eva sarvaṃ yad asti yan nāsti ca vipravarya

Translation

Los astros son Vishnu; los mundos son Vishnu. Los bosques son Vishnu; las montañas y las direcciones son Vishnu. Los ríos y los océanos también: Él solo es todo esto, lo que existe y aun lo que se dice que no existe, oh el mejor de los brahmanes.

Word by Word

• jyotīṃṣi: lights; luminaries
• jyotīṃṣi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyotis (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Predicate/Identificational (सम्बन्ध/अभेद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhuvanāni: worlds
• bhuvanāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Predicate/Identificational (सम्बन्ध/अभेद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vanāni: forests
• vanāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Predicate/Identificational (सम्बन्ध/अभेद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• diśaḥ: directions
• diśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च इति अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• nadyaḥ: rivers
• nadyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• saḥ: he; that (one)
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed; alone
• eva: Avadharana (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (एव इति अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma/Predicate (Object/Predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनामसदृश

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• asti: exists; is
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (न इति अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• asti: exists; is
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• vipravarya: O best of brāhmaṇas
• vipravarya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra + varya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (श्रेष्ठः विप्रः)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Identity of all cosmic and terrestrial features with Viṣṇu; the all-pervasive nature of the Lord in geography and cosmos

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: revealing

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas (worlds)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: All that appears—luminaries, worlds, directions, rivers, oceans—is pervaded by and inseparable from Viṣṇu; He is the totality of being and the ground of negation as well.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Practice viṣṇu-smṛti by perceiving the divine in natural phenomena and daily surroundings, transforming perception into worship.

Vishishtadvaita: Affirms Viṣṇu as the inner controller and substantive reality of the world (cit-acit as His modes), supporting qualified non-dualism rather than world-denial.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman (philosophical)

Bhakti Type: Shanta (peaceful)

Antaryamin: Yes

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of describing everything as Vishnu in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse teaches Vishnu’s complete pervasion: all cosmic structures (lights, worlds, directions, rivers, oceans) are upheld and suffused by Him, establishing Vishnu as the Supreme Reality behind the universe.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the concept of Vishnu’s omnipresence here?

By enumerating the major constituents of the cosmos and identifying each as Vishnu, Parāśara frames creation as inseparable from the Lord—Vishnu is not merely within the universe but is its sustaining essence and ground.

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

Vishnu is presented as both the immanent presence in all phenomena and the transcendent source beyond categories of existence and non-existence—central to Vaishnava philosophy and Vishnu Purana cosmology.