Shloka 29
प्रचेतसां तपः तथा विष्णु-स्तुतिः
The Pracetases’ Ocean Tapas and Hymn to Vishnu
यद् योनिभूतं जगतो बीजं यत् सर्वदेहिनाम् तत् तोयरूपम् ईशस्य नमामो हरिमेधसः
yad yonibhūtaṃ jagato bījaṃ yat sarvadehinām tat toyarūpam īśasya namāmo harimedhasaḥ
நாம் வணங்குகிறோம் அந்த ஈசனை—அழியாத ஞானமுடைய ஹரி—அவருடைய நீருருவமே உலகின் கருவாகவும், பிரபஞ்சத்தின் விதையாகவும், எல்லா உடலுடையோரின் பிறப்புத் தத்துவமாகவும் உள்ளது।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; part of a cosmological praise of Vishnu as the material and efficient cause)
FAQs
This verse identifies the primordial waters as a form of the Lord Himself—the generative matrix in which the universe and all embodied life find their causal ground.
By calling the Lord both 'yoni' (womb/source) and 'bīja' (seed), Parāśara presents Vishnu as the foundational cause from which the cosmos arises and by which it is sustained.
Vishnu is praised as Īśvara—the Supreme Reality whose own being becomes the basis of creation, emphasizing His sovereignty and causal supremacy central to Vaishnava philosophy.