Shloka 73

प्रह्लादस्य अव्यभिचारिणी भक्ति, मायाविनाशः, तथा विष्णोः विश्वरूप-स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

त्वां योगिनश् चिन्तयन्ति त्वां यजन्ति च यज्विनः हव्यकव्यभुग् एकस् त्वं पितृदेवस्वरूपधृक्

Transliteration

tvāṃ yoginaś cintayanti tvāṃ yajanti ca yajvinaḥ havyakavyabhug ekas tvaṃ pitṛdevasvarūpadhṛk

Translation

ពួកយោគីគិតគូរនឹកឃើញព្រះអង្គតែមួយ; អ្នកប្រតិបត្តិយជ្ញក៏បូជាព្រះអង្គតែមួយ។ ព្រះអង្គជាអ្នកទទួលសោយតែមួយនៃហវ្យ-កវ្យដែលអនុវត្តចំពោះទេវតា និងបិត្ឫ; ព្រះអង្គកាន់ទ្រង់ទម្រង់ទេវ-បិត្ឫនៅក្នុងព្រះអង្គ។

Word by Word

त्वाम्you

योगिनःyogins

चिन्तयन्तिthey contemplate

त्वाम्you

यजन्तिthey worship; they sacrifice to

चand

यज्विनःsacrificers; ritualists

हव्यकव्यभुक्consumer of oblations to gods and ancestors

एकःone; single

त्वम्you

पितृदेवस्वरूपधृक्bearer of the forms of ancestors and gods

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya in a praise/contextual exposition of Vishnu’s supremacy)

Characters & Entities

Vishnu

Yajvins (Vedic sacrificers)

Devas

Pitrs (Ancestors)

FAQs

What is the significance of havya and kavya in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse teaches that offerings to the gods (havya) and to the ancestors (kavya) ultimately reach Vishnu, who is the single true recipient behind both ritual streams.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the relationship between yoga and yajña here?

Parāśara places meditation (yogic contemplation) and Vedic sacrifice (yajña) on the same axis: both are directed to the same Supreme Vishnu, approached either inwardly (cintā) or outwardly (ritual worship).

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

Vishnu is presented as the one Supreme Reality who bears the forms of Devas and Pitṛs; therefore, all worship—whether to gods or ancestors—finds its completion in Him.