Shloka 50

वासुदेवस्वरूपनिरूपणं—सर्गक्रमश्च

Vāsudeva’s Nature and the Ordered Process of Creation

Devanagari script

शान्ता घोराश् च मूढाश् च विशेषास् तेन ते स्मृताः

Transliteration

śāntā ghorāś ca mūḍhāś ca viśeṣās tena te smṛtāḥ

Translation

តាមគោលការណ៍នៃគុណៈ ពួកគេត្រូវបានចងចាំថាជាប្រភេទខុសៗគ្នា—អ្នកស្ងប់ស្ងាត់ អ្នកកាចសាហាវ និងអ្នកវង្វេងមោហៈ។

Word by Word

शान्ताःpeaceful, calm

घोराःterrible, fierce

चand

मूढाःdeluded, bewildered

चand

विशेषाःparticulars, distinct entities

तेनby that, therefore

तेthey

स्मृताःare called/remembered

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

FAQs

What is the significance of classifying beings as serene, fierce, and deluded in the Vishnu Purana?

It summarizes how differences in conduct and disposition arise from the interplay of the guṇas, creating recognizable categories within cosmic order.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the emergence of these distinctions?

He frames them as “viśeṣas” grounded in an underlying principle (the guṇas), implying that temperament and moral tendency follow from sattva, rajas, and tamas in varying dominance.

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

Even while describing guṇa-based diversity, the Purana’s wider teaching treats Vishnu as the sovereign ground in which these qualities operate—cosmic differentiation unfolds under His supreme order.