Shloka 31
Acyuta/Vāsudeva Stotra: Avatāra-Salutations, Ritual Totality, Forgiveness Prayer, and Phalaśruti
गन्धर्वाप्यरसः सिद्धाः पितरस्त्वं महामराः / भूतानि विषयस्त्वं हि त्वमव्यक्तेन्द्रियाणि च
gandharvāpyarasaḥ siddhāḥ pitarastvaṃ mahāmarāḥ / bhūtāni viṣayastvaṃ hi tvamavyaktendriyāṇi ca
നീ തന്നെയാണ് ഗന്ധർവരും അപ്സരസ്സുകളും, സിദ്ധരും പിതൃകളും, മഹാദിവ്യ സത്ത്വങ്ങളും. നീ തന്നെയാണ് ഭൂതതത്ത്വങ്ങളും ഇന്ദ്രിയവിഷയങ്ങളും; നീ തന്നെയാണ് അവ്യക്ത ഇന്ദ്രിയങ്ങൾ (സൂക്ഷ്മശക്തികൾ) കൂടെ.
Garuda (Vinata-putra), praising Lord Vishnu/Narayana in a hymnic address
Concept: The Lord as both bhūtas (elements) and viṣayas (sense-objects), and as the subtle/unmanifest indriyas—grounding perception itself in the divine.
Vedantic Theme: Antaryāmin doctrine and the dependence of mind-sense-world on Īśvara; hints of Sāṅkhya categories integrated into theism.
Application: During meditation, trace experience back: object → sense → subtle faculty → witnessing presence; offer all sensory life as worship by remembering its divine basis.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.234.30 (beings); Garuda Purana 1.234.32 (mind/intellect/ego and kṣetrajña)
FAQs
This verse teaches a non-dual, all-pervading vision: every class of being—celestial, ancestral, and subtle—is ultimately grounded in the Supreme, strengthening devotion and dissolving narrow identity.
By stating that the Lord is both the sense-objects (viṣaya) and the subtle/unmanifest senses (avyakta-indriya), it frames experience itself—perception and its objects—as dependent on the Divine, a key lens for understanding post-death subtle experience described in the Garuda Purana.
Practice self-restraint and mindfulness: treat sensory cravings and perceptions as transient processes, and cultivate devotion by remembering the Divine presence behind all experiences—helpful for ethical living and steadiness during grief and rites for ancestors.