Shloka 8

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

Devanagari script

त्वत्प्रसादान् मया ज्ञातं ज्ञेयैर् अन्यैर् अलं द्विज यथैतद् अखिलं विष्णोर् जगन् न व्यतिरिच्यते

Transliteration

tvatprasādān mayā jñātaṃ jñeyair anyair alaṃ dvija yathaitad akhilaṃ viṣṇor jagan na vyatiricyate

Translation

आपकी कृपा से, हे द्विज, मैंने जान लिया कि अन्य ज्ञेय वस्तुओं की आवश्यकता नहीं; क्योंकि यह समस्त जगत् पूर्णतः विष्णु से भिन्न नहीं है।

Word by Word

• tvat-prasādāt: from your grace
• tvat-prasādāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी: त्वत्-प्रसादः), पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतु/अपादानार्थे (from/through your grace)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• jñātam: has been known/understood
• jñātam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñāta (√jñā धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे 'ज्ञातम्' = 'has been known'

• jñeyaiḥ: by (other) knowable means / by other knowers
• jñeyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñeya (√jñā धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्य/य-प्रत्यय; 'to be known'), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; साधन/सहकार्यार्थे (by means of knowables/other knowers)

• anyaiḥ: other
• anyaiḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; qualifies jñeyaiḥ

• alam: enough; sufficient
• alam: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: alam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पर्याप्त्यर्थक/निषेधार्थक (enough; no need)

• dvija: O twice-born (brahmin)
• dvija: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययीभावार्थक-सम्बन्ध (as/just as)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; deictic pronoun

• akhilam: entire
• akhilam: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; qualifies etat/jagan

• viṣṇoḥ: of Viṣṇu
• viṣṇoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• vyatiricyate: is separate (from); differs
• vyatiricyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + ati + √ric (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; 'is excluded/differs'

Speaker

Maitreya (addressing Sage Parāśara)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Maitreya

Topic: Concluding realization that all knowledge culminates in non-separation of jagat from Viṣṇu

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: revealing

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The entire universe has no existence apart from Viṣṇu; all other objects of knowledge are secondary to knowing Him as the ground of all.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: In study and daily life, trace every experience back to the Lord as its support, cultivating God-centered perception rather than fragmented knowing.

Vishishtadvaita: Affirms inseparability (apr̥thak-siddhi): the world is a real mode dependent on Viṣṇu, preserving both unity and qualified distinction.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Dvija (Brahmin sage)

FAQs

What is the significance of the universe being 'not separate from Vishnu' in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames Vishnu as the sole, all-pervading reality: the cosmos is understood as dependent on Him and not existing independently, making devotion and knowledge converge in the Supreme.

How does Sage Parashara explain the highest knowledge to Maitreya in this section?

Through a graded exposition of creation and metaphysics, Parashara leads Maitreya to the conclusion that all knowables culminate in Vishnu, beyond whom no separate reality needs to be sought.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu here?

Vishnu is presented as the ultimate ground of being—both the source and the inner support of the world—central to Vaishnava cosmology and theistic Vedanta (including Vishishtadvaita-style dependence of the world on God).