Shloka 13
Śrīnivāsa at Svāmipuṣkariṇī: Darśana, Stotra, the Secret Veṅkaṭeśa Mantra, and the Meaning of “Vyaṅkaṭeśa”
एवं तु नत्वा परमादरेण तुष्टाव विष्णुं परमं पुराणम् / लक्ष्म्या सदा ये ऽविदिता गुणाश्च असंख्याताः संति विष्णौ च वीश
evaṃ tu natvā paramādareṇa tuṣṭāva viṣṇuṃ paramaṃ purāṇam / lakṣmyā sadā ye 'viditā guṇāśca asaṃkhyātāḥ saṃti viṣṇau ca vīśa
इस प्रकार परम आदर से प्रणाम करके उसने परम पुराण विष्णु की स्तुति की। हे ईश! जो गुण सदा लक्ष्मी को भी अविदित हैं, वे विष्णु में असंख्य हैं।
Garuda (Vinata-putra), praising Lord Vishnu
Concept: Bhagavān’s guṇas are countless and ultimately immeasurable; even divine proximity (Lakṣmī) does not exhaust His infinitude.
Vedantic Theme: Ananta/Anirvacanīya aiśvarya; the limits of conceptual knowledge before the Infinite; bhakti informed by humility.
Application: Approach study and worship with intellectual humility; let awe deepen steadiness in practice rather than seeking total conceptual closure.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana: stuti passages emphasizing Viṣṇu’s ananta-guṇas and antiquity (purāṇa)
FAQs
This verse frames the teaching context with devotion: Garuda bows and offers eulogy, affirming Vishnu as the supreme source whose attributes are beyond complete enumeration—setting a reverent foundation for the Purana’s instructions.
It states that Vishnu’s guṇas (divine attributes) are asaṅkhyāta—countless—and so profound that even Lakshmi, eternally associated with him, cannot fully exhaust their knowledge.
Approach spiritual study and ritual with humility and reverence, remembering that the divine is immeasurable; let devotion (stuti) accompany inquiry rather than ego or mere debate.