Shloka 14
Pūjā-Anukrama: Bīja-Śuddhi, Nyāsa, Homa, Vyūha-Nyāsa, and Dvārakā Cakra Rakṣā
चतुर्भुजो वासुदेवः षष्ठः प्रद्युम्न एव च / संकर्षणः पूरुषो ऽथ नवव्यूहो दशात्मकः
caturbhujo vāsudevaḥ ṣaṣṭhaḥ pradyumna eva ca / saṃkarṣaṇaḥ pūruṣo 'tha navavyūho daśātmakaḥ
चतुर्भुजो वासुदेवः षष्ठः; प्रद्युम्नोऽपि तथा। ततः संकर्षणः पूरुषः; एवं नवव्यूहो दशात्मकः॥
Lord Vishnu (in discourse to Garuda / Vinata-putra)
Concept: Enumeration and contemplation of Viṣṇu’s vyūha manifestations (Vāsudeva, Pradyumna, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Puruṣa) within a ninefold/tenfold schema.
Vedantic Theme: Saguna-brahman articulated through ordered emanations; unity expressed through multiplicity for meditative grasp (bhedābheda-friendly framing).
Application: Use the vyūha list as a dhyāna-krama: contemplate each form’s function (consciousness, mind, ego, cosmic order) and return to the one Viṣṇu as source.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: cosmic-theological mapping (mandalic)
Related Themes: Garuda Purana Viṣṇu-upāsanā/nyāsa passages around 1.12 (contextual)
FAQs
This verse frames Viṣṇu’s emanational ordering (Vyūhas) as a structured theology—showing how divine functions are expressed through named forms like Vāsudeva, Pradyumna, and Saṅkarṣaṇa.
Indirectly: by presenting Viṣṇu’s cosmic organization (Puruṣa and Vyūhas), it supplies the metaphysical backdrop used elsewhere in the Purāṇa to explain creation, governance of worlds, and the soul’s dependence on the Supreme.
Use it as a contemplative framework in Viṣṇu-upāsanā: meditate on the divine as one reality expressed through functional forms, cultivating steadiness, devotion, and clarity about ultimate refuge (śaraṇāgati).