Shloka 19
वाराहावतारः (भूम्युद्धारः) — Varāha, the Raising of the Earth and the Recommencement of Creation
यत् किंचिन् मनसा ग्राह्यं यद् ग्राह्यं चक्षुरादिभिः बुद्ध्या च यत् परिच्छेद्यं तद् रूपम् अखिलं तव
yat kiṃcin manasā grāhyaṃ yad grāhyaṃ cakṣurādibhiḥ buddhyā ca yat paricchedyaṃ tad rūpam akhilaṃ tava
जे काही मनाने ग्रहण करता येते, जे नेत्रादी इंद्रियांना जाणवते, आणि जे बुद्धीने मर्यादित व निश्चित होते—ते सर्व अखिल तुझेच रूप आहे.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
The verse maps all human modes of knowing—mental conception, sensory perception, and intellectual determination—onto Vishnu’s all-encompassing manifestation, asserting that nothing within experience stands outside Him.
By stating that whatever can be grasped or defined through any faculty of cognition is entirely Vishnu’s rūpa, Parāśara presents the world of knowables as pervaded and owned by the Supreme.
Vishnu is affirmed as the Supreme Reality in whom all phenomena in the universe are contained—supporting a Vaishnava view where the cosmos is real yet wholly dependent on and expressive of Vishnu.