Shloka 29

परमार्थ-निर्णयः—श्रेयस्-भेदः, कर्म-ध्यान-सीमा, एकात्मदर्शनम्

Devanagari script

एको व्यापी समः शुद्धो निर्गुणः प्रकृतेः परः जन्मवृद्ध्यादिरहित आत्मा सर्वगतो ऽव्ययः

Transliteration

eko vyāpī samaḥ śuddho nirguṇaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ janmavṛddhyādirahita ātmā sarvagato 'vyayaḥ

Translation

Ele é Um—onipenetrante, igual em todos e perfeitamente puro; além dos guṇas e acima da prakṛti. Livre de nascimento, crescimento e toda mudança, Ele é o Ātman presente em toda parte e imperecível.

Word by Word

• एकः: one
• एकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• व्यापी: all-pervading
• व्यापी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (pervading)

• समः: equal, impartial
• समः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• शुद्धः: pure
• शुद्धः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• निर्गुणः: without guṇas/attributes
• निर्गुणः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्-गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (without qualities)

• प्रकृतेः: from/beyond prakṛti (nature)
• प्रकृतेः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/पञ्चमी (genitive/ablative), एकवचन; ‘of/from prakṛti’ (context favors ablative ‘beyond’)

• परः: beyond/supreme
• परः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Sambandha (Compound member/समास)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (in compound), एकवचन (stem-form)

• वृद्धि: growth
• वृद्धि: Sambandha (Compound member/समास)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (in compound), एकवचन (stem-form)

• आदि: and so on
• आदि: Sambandha (Etc./आदि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थे/आद्यार्थे अव्यय (etc.)

• रहितः: devoid of
• रहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) → रहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण: ‘devoid of’

• जन्मवृद्ध्यादिरहितः: free from birth, growth, etc.
• जन्मवृद्ध्यादिरहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्म-वृद्धि-आदि-रहित (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण: ‘devoid of birth, growth, etc.’

• आत्मा: the Self
• आत्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सर्वगतः: all-pervading; present everywhere
• सर्वगतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-गत (समास-प्रातिपदिक; गत = √गम् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण: ‘gone everywhere’

• अव्ययः: imperishable
• अव्ययः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-व्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (imperishable)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Gunas

FAQs

What is the significance of describing Vishnu as nirguṇa and prakṛteḥ paraḥ in the Vishnu Purana?

It establishes Vishnu as the Supreme Reality who transcends material nature and its three guṇas, making Him the ultimate cause and support of the cosmos without being limited by it.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the concept of an unchanging Supreme Self here?

By listing what does not apply to Him—birth, growth, and other modifications—Parāśara frames Vishnu as the omnipresent Ātman who remains untouched by temporal change while pervading all.

What is the theological importance of Vishnu being called ekaḥ, sarva-gataḥ, and avyayaḥ in this context?

These terms present Vishnu as the single sovereign ground of existence: one without rival, present in all beings, and imperishable—supporting a strongly theistic reading where the Supreme is both transcendent and immanent.