Shloka 84

Cosmic Appointments, Viṣṇu’s Vibhūtis, Fourfold Operation, and the Symbolism of Ornaments and Weapons

Devanagari script

यानि मूर्तान्य् अमूर्तानि यान्य् अत्रान्यत्र वा क्वचित् सन्ति वै वस्तुजातानि तानि सर्वाणि तद्वपुः

Transliteration

yāni mūrtāny amūrtāni yāny atrānyatra vā kvacit santi vai vastujātāni tāni sarvāṇi tadvapuḥ

Translation

உருவமுடையதோ உருவமற்றதோ, இங்கேயோ வேறெங்கோ—எங்கெங்கும் உள்ள எல்லா பொருள் வகைகளும் நிச்சயமாக அவனுடைய திருமேனியே.

Word by Word

• यानि: whatever (things)
• यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (relative pronoun)

• मूर्तानि: manifest/formed
• मूर्तानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of यानि/वस्तुजातानि)

• अमूर्तानि: unmanifest/formless
• अमूर्तानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमूर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• यानि: whatever (things)
• यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (repetition for emphasis)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place: here)

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place: elsewhere)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle: or)

• क्वचित्: anywhere/at any time
• क्वचित्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/देशवाचक-अव्यय (indefinite adverb: somewhere/sometime)

• सन्ति: exist/are
• सन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• वस्तुजातानि: classes of entities/things
• वस्तुजातानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्तु (प्रातिपदिक) + जात (कृदन्त; √जन् जनने)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—वस्तूनां जातानि (collection/class of entities)

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (demonstrative pronoun)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of तानि)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of वपुः)

• वपुः: (is) the form/body
• वपुः: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of form and formlessness in this Vishnu Purana verse?

The verse asserts that both the manifest (with form) and the unmanifest (formless) are encompassed by Vishnu—nothing exists outside His all-pervading reality.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the idea of the universe as Vishnu’s body?

By stating that every category of existing thing—wherever found—is ‘tadvapuḥ’ (His body), Parāśara frames creation as inseparable from the Lord’s immanence while preserving His supremacy.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Vishnu is presented as the Supreme Reality who contains and supports all worlds and beings; this grounds Vaishnava cosmology in divine sovereignty and universal pervasion.