Shloka 75

आत्यन्तिक-लयहेतुः: तापत्रय-विवेचनम् तथा ‘भगवान्/वासुदेव’ शब्दार्थः

Threefold Suffering and the Path to Final Liberation; Meaning of Bhagavān and Vāsudeva

Devanagari script

वसन्ति तत्र भूतानि भूतात्मन्य् अखिलात्मनि स च भूतेष्व् अशेषेषु वकारार्थस् ततो ऽव्ययः

Transliteration

vasanti tatra bhūtāni bhūtātmany akhilātmani sa ca bhūteṣv aśeṣeṣu vakārārthas tato 'vyayaḥ

Translation

सर्व भूतें त्या भूतात्मा, अखिलात्म्यात वास करतात; आणि तोही निःशेष सर्व भूतांत वास करतो. ‘व’ अक्षराचा अर्थ ही सर्वव्याप्ती असल्याने तो अव्यय आहे।

Word by Word

वसन्तिdwell/abide

तत्रthere

भूतानिbeings

भूतात्मनिin the soul of beings

अखिलात्मनिin the all-self (universal self)

सःhe

चand

भूतेषुin beings

अशेषेषुin all, without remainder

वकारार्थःthe meaning of the letter ‘va’

ततःtherefore/from that

अव्ययःimperishable

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Vishnu

All beings (bhūtāni)

FAQs

What is the significance of all beings dwelling in Vishnu in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse teaches Vishnu’s immanence: every creature exists in Him as the universal Self, establishing Him as the sustaining ground of the cosmos.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the concept of the indwelling Lord here?

Parāśara states a two-way relationship: beings abide in Vishnu (as their inner Self), and Vishnu abides within all beings without exception—an antaryāmin teaching framed through name-etymology.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu being called Avyaya in this context?

Avyaya highlights Vishnu’s unchanging supremacy: while beings arise and pass, the Lord remains imperishable, pervading and supporting all without undergoing decay.