Shloka 61
Cosmic Appointments, Viṣṇu’s Vibhūtis, Fourfold Operation, and the Symbolism of Ornaments and Weapons
स परः सर्वशक्तीनां ब्रह्मणः समनन्तरः मूर्तं ब्रह्म महाभाग सर्वब्रह्ममयो हरिः
sa paraḥ sarvaśaktīnāṃ brahmaṇaḥ samanantaraḥ mūrtaṃ brahma mahābhāga sarvabrahmamayo hariḥ
அவரே பரமன்—எல்லாச் சக்திகளின் மூலமும், பிரம்மத்துடன் வேறல்லாதவனும். மகாபாகனே, ஹரி சாகார பிரம்மம்; ‘பிரம்மம்’ எனப்படும் அனைத்தும் அவருள் முழுமையாக நிறைந்தும் பரவியும் உள்ளது।
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya)
FAQs
It presents Vishnu as Brahman not merely as an abstract absolute but as the same Supreme Reality manifest with form—making devotion and divine sovereignty philosophically grounded.
By using “samanantaraḥ,” he indicates immediacy and non-separation: Vishnu is not a secondary deity beneath Brahman, but Brahman’s own supreme presence and basis of all powers.
Vishnu is affirmed as the Supreme who contains and pervades all reality (“sarva-brahma-mayaḥ”), aligning Vaishnava cosmology with a robust doctrine of the Absolute.