Shloka 89
कुब्जानुग्रहः, धनुर्भङ्गः, कुवलयापीडवधः, मल्लयुद्धं, कंसवधः, स्तुतयः
यस्मिन् प्रतिष्ठितं सर्वं जगत् स्थावरजङ्गमम् स कोष्ठोत्सङ्गशयनो मनुष्याज् जायते कथम्
yasmin pratiṣṭhitaṃ sarvaṃ jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam sa koṣṭhotsaṅgaśayano manuṣyāj jāyate katham
यस्मिन् स्थावरजङ्गमं सर्वं जगत् प्रतिष्ठितम्—स कोष्ठोत्सङ्गशयनो भगवान् कथं मनुष्याज् जायते?
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya, asserting Vishnu’s transcendence over human birth)
Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas (worlds)
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: To appear among humans while remaining the support in whom all moving and unmoving beings abide.
Leela: Dharma-upadesa
Dharma Restored: Recognition of the Lord’s transcendence and immanence despite His human-like līlā.
Concept: The One who is the āśraya (support) of all sthāvara-jaṅgama cannot be reduced to a contingent human birth.
Vedantic Theme: Atman
Application: Hold together the Lord’s accessibility and supremacy—approach the personal form without collapsing Him into mere human limitation.
Vishishtadvaita: Expresses the viśiṣṭādvaita polarity: the Lord is immanent as the support of all beings yet transcendent as the couch-reclining Nārāyaṇa.
Vishnu Form: Narayana (cosmic)
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Antaryamin: Yes
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
It summarizes the whole created order—everything fixed and everything mobile—declaring that all existence depends upon Vishnu as its foundation.
By arguing from cosmic dependence: the One in whom the entire universe is established cannot be reduced to an effect produced by a limited human cause.
Vishnu is presented as the Supreme Reality and sustaining ground of all beings; any “birth” language must be understood as divine manifestation, not ordinary human generation.