कालियदमना: यमुनाशुद्धिः, करुणा-निग्रहः, स्तुति-तत्त्वम्
त्वं परस् त्वं परस्याद्यः परं त्वत्तः परात्मकम् परस्मात् परमो यस् त्वं तस्य स्तोष्यामि किं न्व् अहम्
tvaṃ paras tvaṃ parasyādyaḥ paraṃ tvattaḥ parātmakam parasmāt paramo yas tvaṃ tasya stoṣyāmi kiṃ nv aham
Ты — Верховный; Ты — первоисток даже того, что зовётся «верховным». От Тебя исходит высшая реальность, по природе своей запредельная. Ты выше высшего — как мне Тебя восхвалить?
Sage Parāśara (addressing Lord Vishnu; narrated to Maitreya)
This verse asserts Vishnu’s unsurpassed transcendence—He is not merely the highest entity within the cosmos but the ultimate ground from which even the notion of “the highest” derives.
By confessing “how can I praise Him?”, Parāśara highlights that language and intellect cannot fully encompass Vishnu’s absolute nature, making devotion and humility central to the hymn.
Vishnu is presented as the final, independent Supreme Reality (Para Brahman), supporting a strongly Vaishnava metaphysics where all higher principles and cosmic orders rest upon Him.