Shloka 3
यमस्य अधिकारभङ्गः — वैष्णवस्य लक्षणम्
Freedom from Yama through Hari-śaraṇāgati
स्थूलैः सूक्ष्मैस् तथासूक्ष्मैः सूक्ष्मात् सूक्ष्मतरैस् तथा स्थूलैः स्थूलतरैश् चैतत् सर्वं प्राणिभिर् आवृतम्
sthūlaiḥ sūkṣmais tathāsūkṣmaiḥ sūkṣmāt sūkṣmatarais tathā sthūlaiḥ sthūlataraiś caitat sarvaṃ prāṇibhir āvṛtam
ຄວາມກວ້າງໃຫຍ່ທັງໝົດນີ້ຖືກຫໍ້ຫຸ້ມໂດຍສັດມີຊີວິດ—ທັງຫຍາບ, ລະອຽດ, ແລະລະອຽດຍິ່ງກວ່າ; ລະອຽດກວ່າລະອຽດ ແລະຫຍາບກວ່າຫຍາບດ້ວຍ.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse presents creation as fully populated across multiple layers of embodiment—from gross to increasingly subtle—implying that life pervades every level of the cosmos, not only the visible world.
By stacking comparative terms (sūkṣma, asūkṣma, sūkṣmāt sūkṣmatara), Parāśara indicates a spectrum of embodiment, suggesting many orders of living existence beyond ordinary sensory perception.
Within the Vishnu Purana’s creation teaching, such all-pervaded, ordered plurality points to a single sovereign ground of reality—Vishnu—as the sustaining principle in which all levels of life and matter are encompassed.