Shloka 61
कालियदमना: यमुनाशुद्धिः, करुणा-निग्रहः, स्तुति-तत्त्वम्
यस्माद् ब्रह्मा च रुद्रश् च चन्द्रेन्द्रमरुदश्विनः वसवश् च सहादित्यैस् तस्य स्तोष्यामि किं न्व् अहम्
yasmād brahmā ca rudraś ca candrendramarudaśvinaḥ vasavaś ca sahādityais tasya stoṣyāmi kiṃ nv aham
Тот, от кого происходят Брахма и Рудра, Луна и Индра, Маруты и Ашвины, Васу вместе с Адитьями,—как мне, малому, достойно прославить Его?
Sage Parāśara (narrating a stuti in the Parāśara–Maitreya dialogue)
FAQs
It asserts Vishnu’s absolute sovereignty: even the highest gods and divine groups are portrayed as deriving their existence and power from Him.
By contrasting the vastness of Vishnu—source of all cosmic divinities—with his own smallness, Parāśara frames praise as sincere devotion rather than a complete description of the Infinite.
Vishnu is presented as the Supreme Reality and causal ground of the cosmos, with all deities functioning as dependent manifestations within His universal order.