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तदनन्तर देवताओंने प्रजापति भगवान् विष्णुके पास जाकर कहा--'भगवन्! मनुष्योंमें जो एक पुरुष सबसे श्रेष्ठ पद प्राप्त करनेका अधिकारी हो, उसका नाम बताइये” ।। ततः संचिन्त्य भगवान् देवो नारायण: प्रभु: । तैजसं वै विरजसं सो5सृजन्मानसं सुतम्,तब प्रभावशाली भगवान् नारायणदेवने भलीभाँति सोच-विचारकर अपने तेजसे एक मानस पुत्रकी सृष्टि की, जो विरजाके नामसे विख्यात हुआ
tadanantaraṁ devatābhir prajāpatiṁ bhagavantaṁ viṣṇuṁ samītyoktam— “bhagavan! manuṣyeṣu yaḥ pumān sarvaśreṣṭhaṁ padaṁ prāptum adhikārī, tasya nāma brūhi.” tataḥ sañcintya bhagavān devo nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | taijasaṁ vai virajasaṁ so ’sṛjan mānasaṁ sutam |
तदनन्तरं देवताः प्रजापतिं भगवन्तं विष्णुमुपगम्येदमूचुः— “भगवन्! मनुष्येषु यः कश्चित् पुरुषः परमं पदं प्राप्तुमर्हति, तस्य नाम ब्रूहि।” ततः स भगवान् देवो नारायणः प्रभुः सम्यक् संचिन्त्य स्वतेजसा तैजसं विरजसं च मानसं सुतमसृजत्; स च ‘विरजाः’ इति नाम्ना विख्यातोऽभवत्।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Supreme human excellence is not merely social status but a qualification grounded in purity and divine sanction: the ‘highest rank’ is associated with being free from rajas (virajasa) and aligned with luminous spiritual power (taijasa), indicating ethical and inner fitness as the basis of true superiority.
The gods ask Viṣṇu (as Prajāpati) to identify the human who deserves the highest position. Viṣṇu reflects and then manifests a mind-born son, radiant and stainless, named Viraja—introducing a paradigmatic figure whose very origin and qualities answer the gods’ inquiry.