Shloka 67
ध्रुवस्य तपः — देवमायाविघ्नाः, विष्णोर्दर्शनम्, स्तुतिः, ध्रुवस्थानप्रदानम्
बीजाद् अङ्कुरसंभूतो न्यग्रोधः स समुच्छ्रितः विस्तारं च यथा याति त्वत्तः सृष्टौ तथा जगत्
bījād aṅkurasaṃbhūto nyagrodhaḥ sa samucchritaḥ vistāraṃ ca yathā yāti tvattaḥ sṛṣṭau tathā jagat
ज्याप्रमाणे बीजापासून अंकुर फुटतो आणि त्या अंकुरापासून वटवृक्ष उंच वाढून विस्तार पावतो, त्याप्रमाणे सृष्टीच्या वेळी हे संपूर्ण जग तुमच्यापासूनच निर्माण होऊन विस्तार पावते.
Sage Parāśara
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Nature of the Lord as the source from whom creation proceeds and on whom it depends
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: authoritative
Creation Stage: Secondary
Concept: As the banyan unfolds from a seed via the sprout, so the universe proceeds from the Lord at creation and expands by His power.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Contemplate causal dependence: treat all experiences as contingent on the divine ground, cultivating humility and steadiness.
Vishishtadvaita: The world is a real expansion dependent on the Lord as its upādāna and nimitta cause, not an illusion independent of Him.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
It illustrates emanation: the vast cosmos can unfold from a subtle first cause, just as a great banyan expands from a tiny seed—here identifying Vishnu as that ultimate source.
He frames creation as a principled expansion from the Supreme—an ordered unfolding from Vishnu, not a random event, emphasizing dependence of the universe upon Him.
Vishnu is presented as the Supreme Reality from whom the universe originates and by whom it grows—supporting a Vaishnava view of God as the ultimate ground of cosmological order.