Shloka 4
Daśa-lakṣaṇam: The Ten Topics, Virāṭ-Puruṣa Sense-Manifestation, and the Supreme Shelter (Āśraya)
स्थितिर्वैकुण्ठविजय: पोषणं तदनुग्रह: । मन्वन्तराणि सद्धर्म ऊतय: कर्मवासना: ॥ ४ ॥
sthitir vaikuṇṭha-vijayaḥ poṣaṇaṁ tad-anugrahaḥ manvantarāṇi sad-dharma ūtayaḥ karma-vāsanāḥ
သတ္တဝါတို့၏ မှန်ကန်သော အနေအထားမှာ ‘ဝိုင်ကుంఠ-အောင်မြင်မှု’ ဖြစ်၍ ဘဂဝန်၏ ဥပဒေကို လိုက်နာကာ စိတ်ငြိမ်းချမ်းခြင်းရခြင်း이다။ ပံ့ပိုးကာကွယ်ခြင်းသည် သူ၏ အနုဂ्रह။ မန်ဝန္တရများသည် သဒ္ဓမ္မ၏ စီမံကိန်း၊ ဥတိများသည် ကမ္မဝါသနာ—အကျိုးဖလလိုချင်စိတ်—မှ ပေါ်လာသော တွန်းအားများ။
This material world is created, maintained for some time, and again annihilated by the will of the Lord. The ingredients for creation and the subordinate creator, Brahmā, are first created by Lord Viṣṇu in His first and second incarnations. The first puruṣa incarnation is Mahā-Viṣṇu, and the second puruṣa incarnation is the Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, from whom Brahmā is created. The third puruṣa-avatāra is the Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who lives as the Supersoul of everything in the universe and maintains the creation generated by Brahmā. Śiva is one of the many sons of Brahmā, and he annihilates the creation. Therefore the original creator of the universe is Viṣṇu, and He is also the maintainer of the created beings by His causeless mercy. As such, it is the duty of all conditioned souls to acknowledge the victory of the Lord and thus become pure devotees and live peacefully in this world, where miseries and dangers are always in existence. The conditioned souls, who take this material creation as the place for satisfaction of the senses and thus are illusioned by the external energy of Viṣṇu, remain again to be subjected to the laws of material nature, creation and destruction.
FAQs
This verse explains that cosmic maintenance (sthiti) is ultimately the Lord’s Vaikuṇṭha-victory—His supreme, unconquerable preserving power that sustains creation.
Because poṣaṇa is not merely material supply; it is the Lord’s anugraha—His gracious protection and fostering of living beings so they can progress in dharma and devotion.
Recognize recurring habits as karma-vāsanā and consciously reshape them through sat-dharma—disciplined, devotional choices—seeking the Lord’s grace to redirect one’s impulses.