Shloka 58
सूर्यरथ-कालचक्र-आयनविभागः, संध्योपासनम्, देवयान-पितृयानम्, विष्णुपद-गङ्गावतरणम्
ततः प्रयाति भगवान् ब्राह्मणैर् अभिरक्षितः वालखिल्यादिभिश् चैव जगतः पालनोद्यतः
tataḥ prayāti bhagavān brāhmaṇair abhirakṣitaḥ vālakhilyādibhiś caiva jagataḥ pālanodyataḥ
ત્યારબાદ ભગવાન બ્રાહ્મણ ઋષિઓ તથા વાલખિલ્ય આદિ દ્વારા રક્ષિત અને અનુગમિત થઈ, જગતના પાલન માટે ઉદ્યત બની આગળ પ્રસ્થાન કરે છે।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse presents the Vālakhilyas as exemplary ascetics who accompany and safeguard the Lord’s world-sustaining activity, symbolizing the power of tapas and dharma aligned with divine governance.
Parāśara depicts cosmic order as a joint reality: Vishnu as the supreme sustainer who actively protects the world, and the Brahmanical sages as attendants whose sanctity and discipline support that protection.
Vishnu is shown as Bhagavān whose essential function is pālana—preserving the cosmos—affirming him as the Supreme Reality who upholds creation through sovereign yet dharma-saturated rule.