Shloka 14

वाराहावतारः (भूम्युद्धारः) — Varāha, the Raising of the Earth and the Recommencement of Creation

Devanagari script

नमस् ते परमात्मात्मन् पुरुषात्मन् नमो ऽस्तु ते प्रधानव्यक्तभूताय कालभूताय ते नमः

Transliteration

namas te paramātmātman puruṣātman namo 'stu te pradhānavyaktabhūtāya kālabhūtāya te namaḥ

Translation

សូមក្រាបនមស្ការ ព្រះអង្គជាអាត្មានៃបរមាត្មា ជាអាត្មានៃបុរុស។ សូមគោរពបូជាព្រះអង្គ។ ព្រះអង្គដែលបានក្លាយជាប្រធាន និងលោកដែលបង្ហាញ; សូមនមស្ការ ព្រះអង្គដែលបានក្លាយជាកាលវេលាផ្ទាល់។

Word by Word

नमःsalutation

तेto you

परमात्मन्O Supreme Self

पुरुषात्मन्O Self as the Person (Puruṣa)

नमःsalutation

अस्तुmay it be

तेto you

प्रधानव्यक्तभूतायto (you) who are Pradhāna, the manifest, and beings

कालभूतायto (you) who are Time

तेto you

नमःsalutation

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; voiced as a hymn of praise to Vishnu/Nārāyaṇa)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Identification of the Supreme with pradhāna, the manifest (vyakta), and kāla

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: revealing

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The Lord is praised as Paramātman and Puruṣātman, who becomes pradhāna (primordial nature), the manifest cosmos, and even time—without ceasing to be supreme.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Meditate on the Lord as present both beyond the world and as its governing principles (nature and time), fostering reverence and steadiness amid change.

Vishishtadvaita: Supports qualified non-dualism by affirming real transformation as modes (prakāras) of the Supreme—prakṛti and kāla are dependent realities under His sovereignty.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Antaryamin: Yes

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

Vishnu

Pradhana (Prakriti)

Time (Kala)

FAQs

What is the significance of Pradhāna and Vyakta in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse identifies Vishnu as the reality underlying both primordial Nature (Pradhāna) and the manifest cosmos (Vyakta), presenting creation as dependent on the Supreme rather than independent.

How does Sage Parāśara explain Time (Kāla) in this context?

By praising Vishnu as “having become Time,” Parāśara frames Kāla as a divine power/form that regulates manifestation, transformation, and dissolution under the Lord’s sovereignty.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu here?

Vishnu is praised as Paramātman and the Self of the cosmic Person, implying He is the supreme ground of all categories—Nature, the world, and Time—central to Vaishnava metaphysics.