Shloka 44

नैमित्तिक-प्राकृत-प्रलयवर्णनम्

Periodic and Elemental Dissolution; Reabsorption into Paramātman

Devanagari script

ह्रस्वदीर्घप्लुतैर् यत् तु किंचिद् वस्त्व् अभिधीयते यच् च वाचाम् अविषये तत् सर्वं विष्णुर् अव्ययः

Transliteration

hrasvadīrghaplutair yat tu kiṃcid vastv abhidhīyate yac ca vācām aviṣaye tat sarvaṃ viṣṇur avyayaḥ

Translation

ಹ್ರಸ್ವ, ದೀರ್ಘ, ಪ್ಲುತ ಧ್ವನಿಮಾತ್ರಗಳಿಂದ ವಾಣಿ ಯಾವುದನ್ನಾದರೂ ಸೂಚಿಸಿದರೂ, ವಾಣಿಗೆ ಅತೀತವಾದುದೂ ಸೇರಿ—ಅದೆಲ್ಲವೂ ಅವ್ಯಯ ವಿಷ್ಣುವೇ.

Word by Word

ह्रस्वदीर्घप्लुतैःby short, long, and prolated (sounds)

यत्whatever

तुbut; indeed

किंचित्something; any (thing)

वस्तुa thing; entity

अभिधीयतेis expressed; is denoted

यत्whatever

चand

वाचाम्of speech; of words

अविषयेoutside the scope (of speech)

तत्that

सर्वम्all (of that)

विष्णुःVishnu

अव्ययःimperishable; unchanging

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of speech (vāṇī) and its limits in this Vishnu Purana verse?

The verse teaches that language can point to realities through sound and naming, but the Supreme also exceeds all verbal description; both the speakable and unspeakable are identified as Vishnu.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the Supreme in relation to what can be named and what cannot?

Parāśara frames Vishnu as the totality: whatever is captured by words and whatever remains beyond their domain—nothing lies outside the imperishable Vishnu.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu here?

Vishnu is presented as the unchanging Supreme Reality who is immanent in all that can be described and transcendent beyond all description, grounding later Vaishnava philosophical readings.