Shloka 53
सर्गभेदाः — अविद्या, स्रोतोभेदाः, नव सर्गाः, देवासुरादिसृष्टिः, वेद-यज्ञप्रादुर्भावः
गायत्रं च ऋचश् चैव त्रिवृत्साम रथन्तरम् अग्निष्टोमं च यज्ञानां निर्ममे प्रथमान् मुखात्
gāyatraṃ ca ṛcaś caiva trivṛtsāma rathantaram agniṣṭomaṃ ca yajñānāṃ nirmame prathamān mukhāt
அந்த ஆதிமுகத்திலிருந்து ஆண்டவன் முதலில் காயத்ரீச் சந்தமும் ருக் மந்திரங்களையும் உருவாக்கினார்; திரிவ்ருத் சாமமும் ரதந்தரப் பாடலும் வெளிப்பட்டன; யாகங்களில் முதன்மையான அக்னிஷ்டோமத்தையும் அவர் நிறுவினார்।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How Vedic metres, hymns, and sacrifices arise in creation
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: revealing
Creation Stage: Secondary
Concept: Vedic sound and yajña are not merely human institutions but arise from the Supreme, grounding dharma in divine revelation and sustaining cosmic order.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Approach mantra, study, and worship as participation in a divinely instituted order—perform duties as offering (ārpaṇa-buddhi).
Vishishtadvaita: The Lord’s manifested speech becomes the means of knowing and serving Him; revelation is a mode of His self-disclosure while He remains transcendent.
Vishnu Form: Narayana
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
This verse presents sacred metre and hymn as primordial—Vishnu establishes creation through ordered speech (chandas and ṛc), making Veda a foundation of cosmic order.
Parāśara frames yajña as instituted at the very start: the chief sacrifice (Agniṣṭoma) is ‘made first,’ indicating that ritual order and dharma are built into creation.
Vishnu appears as the supreme source who emanates Veda and yajña—not merely as a deity within the cosmos, but as the transcendent ground that establishes and sustains universal law.