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Shloka 3

Viṣṇu as Seed-Cause: Pañcarātra Emanations, Tattva-Unfolding, and the Avatāra Chronology

Devanagari script

यो वासुदेवस्तु स एव जातः संकर्षणाख्यो खिलसद्गुणात्मा / सृष्टिं कर्तुं सूत्रभूतस्य वायोर्जयाख्यायं पूर्णसंवित्परात्मा

Transliteration

yo vāsudevastu sa eva jātaḥ saṃkarṣaṇākhyo khilasadguṇātmā / sṛṣṭiṃ kartuṃ sūtrabhūtasya vāyorjayākhyāyaṃ pūrṇasaṃvitparātmā

Translation

അവൻ തന്നേ വാസുദേവൻ, സംകർഷണ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ ജനിച്ചു; സർവ്വ സദ്ഗുണങ്ങളുടെ സമഗ്രതയാണ് അവന്റെ സ്വഭാവം. സൃഷ്ടിക്കായി അദ്ദേഹം ‘ജയ’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധൻ—പൂർണ്ണചൈതന്യത്തിന്റെ പരമാത്മാവ്—സൂത്രസ്വരൂപമായ വായുവായി ലോകത്തെ ധരിക്കുന്നവൻ.

Word by Word
यःwho
यः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम
वासुदेवःVāsudeva
वासुदेवः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
तुindeed / but
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात
सःhe
सः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण
जातःwas born / arose
जातः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formक्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; जन्-धातोः
संकर्षणाख्यःnamed Saṃkarṣaṇa
संकर्षणाख्यः:
Vishesana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसंकर्षण + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (named Saṃkarṣaṇa)
अखिलसद्गुणात्माthe very essence of all good qualities
अखिलसद्गुणात्मा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअखिल + सत् + गुण + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अखिलानां सद्गुणानाम् आत्मा/स्वरूपः)
सृष्टिम्creation
सृष्टिम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
कर्तुम्to do
कर्तुम्:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formतुमुन् (infinitive)
सूत्रभूतस्यof the one that is the ‘sūtra’
सूत्रभूतस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत्र + भूत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (being as the ‘sūtra’)
वायोःof Vāyu
वायोः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootवायु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
जयाख्यायाम्in (that) called Jayā
जयाख्यायाम्:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootजया + आख्या (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (named Jayā)
पूर्णसंवित्परात्माthe supreme self of complete consciousness
पूर्णसंवित्परात्मा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपूर्ण + संवित् + पर + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पूर्णा संवित् यस्य सः परात्मा)
Speaker

Lord Vishnu (teaching Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Caturvyūha-style emanation: Vāsudeva → Saṅkarṣaṇa; identification with sūtra/Vāyu as the subtle connective principle; the Supreme Self as pūrṇa-saṃvit (complete consciousness).

Vedantic Theme: Antaryāmin and sarva-vyāptitva (immanence and pervasion); consciousness as the ground of cosmic functions.

Application: Meditate on prāṇa as a doorway to the pervading Self: regulate breath with remembrance of the Supreme as the inner thread connecting all experience.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana: prāṇa/antaryāmin motifs in mokṣa sections; Garuda Purana: vyūha-name occurrences (Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, Aniruddha)

Characters & Entities
V
Vasudeva
S
Sankarshana
V
Vayu
P
Paramatma
J
Jaya

FAQs

This verse presents Saṅkarṣaṇa as an emanation of Vasudeva embodying all auspicious qualities, functioning as a key principle through which creation is set into motion.

It describes Vāyu as ‘sūtra-bhūta’—a subtle thread-like life-force that links and sustains the created order under the guidance of the fully conscious Paramātman.

Cultivate steadiness and clarity (saṁvit) through disciplined breath and dharma-centered living, remembering life-force as sacred and supportive of all beings.

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